William Levitt

As I read through the introduction of “Freakonomics” by Stephen J. Dubner and Steve Levitt, I’m highly dissatisfied with the way the author opens the book. Personally, I felt like it was well written, but lacked appeal. To illustrate further, the book starts with information regarding the false predictions of criminologists of crime rates. However, my feelings are slightly positively changed as I find the author exposing “the hidden side of everything”, as he claims (which is also the theme of

hypotheses. The photo on the cover is actually a good visual of the books content, it looks like apple on the outside but is an orange on the inside, signifying there is a hidden side of everything, just as the book subtitle reads. Authors Steven Levitt

children develop attachment problems in the future” (National Child Traumatic Stress Network- 2014). Unwanted pregnancy can also lead to child abuse because of the mother not desiring to bear responsibility of having to child to begin with. Dubner and Levitt authors of Freakonomics present unconventional wisdom that “when a woman does not want to have a child, she usually has good reason. She may be unmarried or in a bad marriage. She may consider herself too poor to raise a child. She may think her life

the text Levitt and Dubner rely the heaviest on cause and effect to achieve their purpose for writing. Levitt and Dubner use the cause and effect approach the most often because it is a logical and easy to follow approach to supporting an argument. By using cause and effect Levitt and Dubner were able to inspire new thoughts within their readers while simultaneously exploring unusual subjects such as the perfect parenting in order to refute conventional wisdom. For example, when Levitt and Dubner

would consider adopting their new world perspective (Levitt and Dubner). Additionally, when they ponder, “” they employ rhetorical questions as a means of causing the discovery of knowledge to happen inside of the audience members which helps to prove the validity of their unique perspective since they did not have to explicitly state their conclusions rather the conclusions were so valid that anyone audience member could arrive at the same one (Levitt and

In Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner write in a colloquial fashion and tend to keep their writing informal. For example, when they write, “like the proverbial butterfly that flaps its wings on one continent and eventually causes a hurricane on another” the allusion to the butterfly effect serves to engender common ground with their audience (Levitt and Dubner 5). Additionally, by using the word “butterfly” Levitt and Dubner are able to create imagery which will help their audience better visualize

to an underlying theme. Topics in the book SuperFreakonomics include prostitution, terrorists, doctors with poor hygiene and altruism in monkeys. The theme is the indication that everyone works for a reward. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner are the authors of this novel. Levitt is a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. Dubner is a former writer at the New York Times. Their goal is to explain the fact that all of the problems in the world can be solved with economic concepts.

The book Freakonomics about how there are some mysterious cases about students getting high scores in tests but then score less the next year they are put in a higher classroom. Then the immediate question that comes to mind is why did they score less? No one would think that the teachers would were the ones to blame. THEY cheated. That’s how the video and the book are similar, both talk about the teachers changing test scores to make the school look good. The book Freakonomics says, “ ...she might

Freakonomics, published in 2005, is a book centered around the belief that traditional intelligence is not the key to economics. It focuses on the correlations between a person’s morals, wisdom, and social life and economics. In the movie The Distinguished Gentleman, a con man uses the death of a Congressman to boost his own campaign using the same name. As the movie progresses, the former con man begins to see the true corruption of politics. One of the major key concepts discussed in Freakonomics

In chapter 3 in Freakonomics by Stevin Levitt and Stephen Dubner, it concentrates on conventional wisdom. The chapter begins by discussing about conventional wisdom, and how conventional can be wrong. Conventional wisdom was invented by John Kenneth Galbraith to explain generally acceptance by the public. It is furthered explained that conventional wisdom is associated with convenience. That many experts used it for their own agenda. But then explained how asking pointed questions can often overturn