Author(s): Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner

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More than 5 Million Copies Sold Worldwide, The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way-now updated with an exclusive discussion between the authors and Angela Duckworth, Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? Freakonomics reveals the answers to these and many more questions. It is a collaboration between Steven D. Levitt, the award-winning University of Chicago economist, and acclaimed author Stephen J. Dubner. Based on Levitt's unorthodox research, this groundbreaking book repeatedly turns conventional wisdom on its head and reveals how hidden incentives drive human behavior. Book jacket.