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'Freakonomics' approaches the topic of success and its economic implications by using economic theories to analyze social issues. It explores different theories and social issues through a series of essays, stories, and case studies. The book addresses questions related to success, such as the impact of parents on a child's success in life. It shows that economics, at its root, is the study of how people behave and how they get what they want.
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Author Steven Levitt, working with journalist Stephen Dubner, shows how economic theories can be used to analyze social issues. Each of the six essays in explores a different theory or social issue, from cheating by sumo wrestlers to the economic organization of drug gangs. Along the way it addresses a series of questions such as "Why do some teachers cheat on test results?" and "Do parents really make a difference to a child's success in life?" Using a series of stories and case studies the author shows that, at its root, economics is the study of how people behave and how they get what they want.
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