Steven Landsburg

Freakonomics is basically a book that explains its own version of the economic history. Dating all the way back to the 1800s with some stated facts explaining what incentives are and what type of incentives there are and what they're used for. Basically there’s a way to motivate someone and set them on a clearer path and bettering themselves in the future. One of the best motivations would be money because well money can get you anything in the world. Clothes, food, and car, Etc. They are a great

“An incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation” (Levitt & Dubner 16). Freakonomics is a book written in 2005 by award winning economist Steven Levitt and former New York Times journalist Stephen Dubner while they both resided in different states. The use of simple diction makes it so a larger audience can be reached; readers vary from everyday people to students to economists. In order to better explain economics, Levitt and Dubner appeal to their

This paper is being conducted on the ethical dilemma that occurred during the movie Saving private Ryan. A mother unknowingly has lost three sons to battles across Europe in a single day. The Chief of Staff of the US Army has made the decision that the last remaining son must be pulled from the battlefield at once as he is the last surviving male in his family. There are many ethical dilemmas throughout the entirety of the movie, but there was one that stuck out to me the most. As the movie is steadily

The movie starts out with the narrator talks about how the Union and Confederate armies meet at Gettysburg. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by Gen. Robert E. Lee is pushing north and taking an offensive position throughout Pennsylvania. They are hoping to entice the Union Army of the Potomac back to the north for a war to end all the war. The Confederate President Jefferson Davis wrote a letter of peace that was going to be sent to President Abraham Lincoln once the Army of the Potomac

Red Dawn “vs” Tomorrow When the War Began Personally, I believe that Red Dawn was a better movie than Tomorrow When the War Began. This is because Red Dawn was so much more immersive, had a bigger budget and overall had a better storyline. Tomorrow When the War Began was basically just a movie to skip a few lessons. Red Dawn was so much exciting and immersive than Tomorrow When the War Began. Rather than hiding in the bush the whole movie the Red Dawn characters would actually plan “terror attacks”

Regardless of Levitt’s claim that “this book boasts no unifying theme,” Freakonomics consists of one motif, the use of data to explain the unexplainable, or Levitt’s study of Economics, Freakonomics (Levitt, Dubner 14). For example, in the late twentieth century the crime was at an all time high, but by the turn of the century crime dropped to the lowest rate in the last 35 years. Many proposed that this massive drop resulted from gun control, a strong economy, or new police strategies, but what

Saving Private Ryan takes place in the year 1944 and is about a World War II recovery attempt. It deals with a US captain and his rescue unit to recover a mothers last living son of four while dealing with the lives of his unit. He has to find the hidden details of where Private Ryan is and get him home. Saving Private Ryan was directed by Steve Spleiberg and was made and released in 1998. The length of the movie is approximately two hours and fifty minutes long and the genre is drama/ action. The

The Color Purple There's always been a controversy on whether certain books should have to be banned from school libraries or if they shouldn't. Due to the fact that most books either have vulgar language, sexual context, violence, or even racism. Although, most books always speak the truth and show the real world issues that are out there. The Color Purple is one of those many books that have been removed from school libraries for multiple reasons. The book was written during an era that shows how

Meta: Taking players on a spiritual journey, the latest game from Booming Games carries a true calming presence. Allowing players to become one with nature, unleash your inner warrior through Big Chief. Big Chief Become one with nature, become one with spirits, become one with the animals, and allow your inner warrior to shine through. You may be wondering, why I am talking such a metaphysical nonsense? The answer is simple, Booming Games has a new release on the horizon, and it is aptly named

I hated that stupid rock. I couldn’t move it, climb over it, or swim through the river around it. That wouldn’t count. Part of me hoped that the rock would tip over and fall into the water so I could laugh as it tumbled away, but I knew I couldn’t be that lucky. I wanted to kick it halfway across the globe or punch it up until it was nothing but rubble. I couldn’t though, because it’s a rock, I’m a human and human-rock relations just don’t work that way. Maybe I would get lucky and someone from Romania