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Freakonomics (Spanish Edition)

En esta obra, Levitt y Dubner demuestran, a trav&#233sde ejemplos y una sarc&#225stia perspicacia, que la econom&#237arepresenta el estudio de los incentivos.&#191Qu#233 resulta m&#225speligroso: una pistola o una piscina?&#191Qu#233 tienen en com&#250nun maestro de escuela y un luchador de sumo?&#191Porqu&#233contin&#250anlos traficantes de drogas viviendo con sus madres?&#191Enqu&#233se parecen el Ku Kux Klan a los agentes inmobiliarios?Quiz&#225s&#233sta no sean las t&#237pics preguntas que se formula un experto en econom&#237a pero Steven D. Levitt y Stephen J. Dubner no son unos economistas muy t&#237pics.Se trata de especialistas que estudian la esencia y los enigmas de la vida cotidiana y cuyas conclusiones, con frecuencia, ponen patas arriba la sabidur&#237aconvencional.A trav&#233sde ejemplos pr&#225ctios y de una sarc&#225stia perspicacia, Levitt y Dubner demuestran que la econom&#237a en el fondo, representa el estudio de los incentivos: el modo en que las personas obtienen lo que desean, o necesitan, especialmente cuando otras personas desean o necesitan lo mismo.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONWhich is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?How much do parents really matter?These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life&#8212frm cheating and crime to parenting and sports&#8212an reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics&nbspisa groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and

Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more.&nbspThrugh forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives&#8212ho people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.

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