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Superfreakonomics Chapter 3 Summary

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Chapter 3 of Superfreakonomics claims people in the world are both altruistic and apathetic. The first part of Chapter 3 is a murder crime of a woman called Kitty Genovese. She was killed by a man and newspapers indicated that 38 person have seen this murder but didn’t call the police. This criminal case astonished so many people and after this case, the criminal rate in USA began to rise. Writers analyze that there are 3 factors cause the rise of crime. The first one is the policy of release the prisoners; the second reason is the post war babyboom and the third reason is the appearance of television. After analysis, writers mention a question: is altruism true? Gary Becker, an economist, thought altruism always

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