#steven d levitt

[readtilyoudie]

“Social scientists sometimes talk about the concept of "identity". It is the idea that you have a particular vision of the kind of person you are, and you feel awful when you do things that are out of line with that vision.” ― Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

[somethoughtseeds]

[readtilyoudie]

“Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, wheareas economics represents how it actually does work.” ― Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

[proceduralbob]

Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

[mentorpubliclibrary]

The more social science we learn, the more we realize that people, while treasuring their independence, are in fact drawn to herd behavior in almost every aspect of daily life.

Steven D. Levitt, When to Rob a Bank

[peppermint-hoe]

had anyone ever read Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner? I'm reading it for summer reading and I'm just wondering if anyone particularly liked it or disliked it. I'm a little past halfway through and I'm not exactly sure what to think about it...

[connie-rubirosa]

But there is also a huge random effect that rains down on even the best parenting efforts. You may have also known the opposite instance, where a child succeeds despite his parents’ worst intentions and habits. Recall for a moment the two boys, who were described in chapter 5. The white boy who grew up outside Chicago had smart, solid,encouraging, loving parents who stressed education and family. The black boy from Daytona Beach was abandoned by his mother, was beaten by his father, and had become a full-fledged gangster by his teens. So what became of the two boys? The second child, now twenty-eight years old, is Roland G. Fryer, Jr., the Harvard economist studying black underachievement. The white child also made it to Harvard. But soon after, things went badly for him. His name is Ted Kaczynski.

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, (2005)