Economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner use data to reveal hidden incentives behind crime, cheating, parenting, and other everyday phenomena.
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Economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner use data to reveal hidden incentives behind crime, cheating, parenting, and other everyday phenomena.
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A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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 economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles o...
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Analytical discussions of crime rates and violent acts without graphic detail
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Substance use
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Exploration of crack cocaine trade and drug dealer lifestyles
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Analysis of abortion's effect on crime rates and campaign finance myths
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Mentions of crime-related suffering and systemic issues in analytical context
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