Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

6 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 pages 312 pages Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime?These may not sound like typical questions for an econo-mist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economis More »