John F Kennedy's Freakonomics

The author Steven Levitt studied economics at Harvard University and MIT. He is primarily known for his work in the field of crime. The title Freakonomics means a study of economics based on the principles of incentives. The title is related to the book since he emphasizes how incentives drive and affect people’s actions. Although this book does not have a single theme, the main focus of the book is a new way of interpreting the world using economic tools. He explores incentives, information asymmetry, conventional wisdom, crime and abortion, and parenting throughout the six chapters of the book.

After reading freakonomics, I need to approach the job hunt from an Economist perspective. When it comes to financial incentives I need to determine my best course of action to make as much money as possible. For instance, do I work harder and stay late to get in good graces with my boss. Or do I go out of my way to help a coworker with their assignment. If given only one choice I need to weigh what is the possible outcome of either choice. One may lead to a good review and higher salary or the other will affect my relationship with a coworker. Also after reading this book the only thing that I was concerned with was salary. Now from an economist point of view I need to weigh the opportunity cost of the job I choose versus another potential job. Let us say job A offers 50k a year vs job B offers 40k. From a traditional point of view I would take Job A 100% of the time, but from an economist point of view the opportunity cost from each job could could include commute, benefits packages, and personal happiness. Let’s say job A is 30 miles farther than job B. The 1 hour extra each day adds up to 5 hours a week. Those 5 hours a week could add up to time spent with my family or time spent pursuing hobbies. Over a year those 260 hours adds up to a long vacation. Before reading freakonomics I would have never

The KKK was an organization that formed around the civil war, whose purpose was to discriminate blacks and to deplete their freedom in horrible ways. The KKK in

One of the Ku Klux Klan’s mains purposes was to protect the way they live from African Americans, Jews, and Catholics. They had the biggest impact on African Americans. The discrimination and the violence of the group was well known through different communities. The Klan was also known for crucial beatings and murders against the black population. They tried to emphasize that the blacks were a subpar race.

1)Some beliefs that the KKK had were that drugs, homosexuality, abortion, and race-mixing is against God’s law and they are taking out all the white nations and they are fighting against those things to make America a White Christian Nation again that is founded on God’s word. The KKK flourished into society because more African Americans were coming “Intellectual” and because some people didn’t like some things they were doing and they wanted it to be a segregated nation with blacks and whites drinking out of different water fountains, sitting on different ends of the bus, and using different bathrooms all because of their skin color. The reason why the KKK insulted and terrorized minorities is because what the others believed in, wasn’t what

The Ku Klux Klan was a racial hate group in the south that made sure blacks did not get any civil rights. Members in the Ku Klux Klan believed whites were superior to other races. The KKK hated the blacks because they believed slaves, who were the blacks, are to be less than human. Only white Anglo-Saxon Protestants or known as “WASPS” could become members. The members also had to pay monthly fees so they could “adopt a highway” to look good in the eyes of the communities.

The KKK was a very evil and powerful group. The KKK clan was responsible for taking thousands of African American’s lives.

The KKK's treatment of African Americans was flourishing because people in the south wanted to dominate over the African Americans.They did not agree with the government giving African Americans more rights.They believed African Americans should have no rights and should be separated from whites. The KKK would bomb buildings, steal from people who were helping the African Americans.

The Ku Klux Klan is a gang with a notorious past. The clan started off as a group of people defying the southern state’s laws, but it turned out to be one of the most terrifying gangs of the nineteenth century. It all started during the election of Ulysses S. Grant, when most of the democrats in the south created groups to terrify the African Americans. It was a violent gesture to any of the minorities who wanted to gain political attention. They banded together in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1865, consisting of former confederate soldiers. They soon began to weaken the blacks and republican political power. It fueled hatred and riots throughout Tennessee, as members of law enforcement often joined in with the gang. All whites from the southern states joined the Klan as an attempt to intimidate the blacks (Herb Peek 2013). As an effort to intimidate the newly freed blacks they burned school houses and whipped teachers. The KKK wanted to get rid of the republican leverage in the southern states. They murdered and terrorized party leaders and all those who voted (Herb Peek 2013). It created an atmosphere that helped gain new recruitment for the Ku Klux Klan. What made this particular group such a threat? What is the history behind this group? Do they still intimidate the south?

After the Civil War and slaves were freed, The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) came to light. The KKK was a terrorist organization that used threats, intimidation, rape, and murder trying to restore the whites rule over the blacks. The attacks were focused on Republicans, threatening or killing them in attempt to restore the Democratic power. The KKK spread terror and violence across

The KKK created a wave of terror they would kill African Americans threaten them, bully them, and set buildings on fire. The KKK relied heavily on intimidation so they were flourishing because they were very scary. Their main goal was to keep African Americans from voting. The KKK believed that any minority was less than human and below any caucasian person.

Many, if not most, of the people in today's generation are constantly judged by others and even themselves based on what their identity comprises of. The concept of racial injustice and inequality among ethnic minorities constantly fills the media. Women's rights issues seem to arise rapidly whenever a single female is mistreated in the slightest way. The debate on homosexuality is also an enormous topic in our social lives today, with millions of supporters for it, but also millions against it. This internal segregation within our own human population is nothing new, since it has been continuing ever since verbal and written communication with each other has existed. All these components, and many more, are a huge part of what identifies a

In chapter 1, Levitt and Dubner describe how many people in different cultures and walks of life, which are otherwise inclined to be honest, find subtle ways of cheating to advance their position or increase monetary awards when incentives are strong enough. The authors define an incentive as “a means of urging people to do more of a good thing or less of a bad thing,” and identify three varieties of incentives. Economic incentives are those, which a person responds to in the marketplace. Social incentives motivate people to respond in a certain way because they care or are worried about how they will be viewed by others. Moral incentives appeal to a person’s sense of right versus wrong. Three case studies of the

The KKK started out by doing a few minor pranks here and there, but then it escalated into a terrorist group. This was something that was new to me. I had figured the KKK had always been somewhat of a terrorist group. Learning how the KKK used fear to get their way was an eye opener. I was not aware of the amount of fear they put into people’s minds.

The public felt incapable in contradiction of them since they had no power over them. Stetson Kennedy broke into the secrets of the Klan by interviewing and sympathizing with the leaders of the clan which he had some contacts which helped him act as if he was in the same side of the problem. In his novel his code name was John Brown .This work would have been easier if Kennedy would of have internet he would of “blogged his brains out” (Levitt Dubner 60). "Hatred and Profits: Getting Under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan."” In this paper, they analyze the 1920s Klan, those who joined it, and the social and political impact that it had. They utilize a wide range of newly discovered data sources including information from Klan membership rolls, applications, robe-order forms, an internal audit of the Klan by Ernst and Ernst, and a census that the Klan conducted after an internal scandal”. This is the same that Kenney accomplished. Brown was capable to divulge that the Klan’s man used to append a Kl to many words at the beginning. The secret hand shake was a left/handed, limp wristed fish wiggle. When someone wanted to communicate with a Klan member he would ask for a Mr. Ayak (are you a Klansman) and he would hope for a response like Yes and I know a Mr. Akai (a Klansman am I).The incentive marked by the Klan which was lynching was not so used as it is thought it just made the Colored