Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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"For emotion is the enemy of rational argument."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"A woman's income appeal is a bell-shaped curve: men do not want to date low-earning women, but once a woman starts earning too much, they seem to be scared off."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"There are three basic flavours of incentive: economic, social and moral."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?"
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn't get much attention."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"When moral posturing is replaced by an honest assessment of the data, the result is often a new, surprising insight."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"Conventional wisdom in Galbraith's view must be simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting - though not necessarily true."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
"Journalists need experts as badly as experts need journalists."
Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything