Freakonomics: Un economista politicamente incorrecto explora el lado oculta de lo que nos afecta (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

by Steven D. Levitt (Author), Stephen J. Dubner (Author)

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Presenting economics as the underlying connection between seemingly unrelated events or phenomena, this international bestseller establishes a new way of looking at the world. The authors explain the hidden side of everything, from violent crime, parenting, and baby names to the Ku Klux Klan and real estate, demonstrating how economics isn't just about numbers, but a study of incentives—how people get what they need and want when others need and want the same thing. 

 

Comprobando que el estudio de la economía puede explicar como se relacionan fenómenos distintos, este bestseller internacional establece una nueva manera de ver al mundo. Los autores explican el lado escondido de todo, desde crímenes violentos y nombres de bebes hasta el Ku Klux Klan y bienes raíces, demostrando que el estudio de la economía es un estudio de los incentivos: el modo en que las personas obtienen lo que desean o necesitan, especialmente cuando otras personas desean o necesitan lo mismo.

About the Author

Steven D. Levitt is an economist and professor at the University of Chicago. He won the John Bates Clark medal in 2003. Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning journalist and writer. He is the author of Choosing My Religion: A Memoir of a Family Beyond Belief and Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper. He lives in New York City, NY. 

Product Details

• Paperback: 237 pages
• Publisher: Ediciones B (August 1, 2006)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8466625127
• ISBN-13: 978-8466625128
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #24,359 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars fascinating, November 4, 2008

By	A. Yang - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Freakonomics (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

A great read with a variety of fascinating topics examined. Data is presented quite objectively, and users can draw own conclusions as to causality (though some possible hypotheses are presented).

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3.0 out of 5 stars Un interesante enfoque económico, September 20, 2008

By	Mirna Orellana (Boston,MA) - See all my reviews

La primera parte del libro. La visión de Levitt - que Dubner se encarga de plasmar en palabras - del mundo actual es sorprendente, y uno se encuentra con un libro muy alejado de las interminables cifras y estadísticas que harían de cualquier libro de economía un desafio. De hecho, las curiosas preguntas que plantea acerca de la sociedad permiten obtener conclusiones sorprendentes que de otro modo hubieran sido impensables.
Ejemplos cómo el que la legalización del aborto en EEUU permitió que repentinamente - y pese a que todos los analistas preveían lo contrario - se redujera drásticamente el crimen en los años 90 en este pais es un ejemplo de los interesantes enfoques que Levitt afronta en este libro.
Sin embargo, aún asi los autores se desinflan con largas diatribas en las que reinciden una vez sobre la misma idea y en el que existe un fallo fundamental para el lector no estadounidense: las cuestiones abordadas sólo afectan a la historia y sociedad americanas, a excepción de el ejemplo, donde sugiere que "la elección del nombre de un niño está determinada por patrones socioeconómicos", creo que en latinoamerica eso es evidente!
Luego hay una interesante discusión sobre el sumo japonés. Un deporte que refleja la historia y tradición `honorable' y donde se puede preciar un trasfondo mucho más oscuro del que muchos podrían pensar.
Aparte de esos dos casos, lo cierto es que, este buen libro pudo haber incluido algunos otros enfoques económicos más globáticos.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the sum of its parts, December 11, 2006

By	Gagewyn (United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Let me preface this by saying how psyched I was to read this. Copies at the library were perpetually checked out so when I finally planned ahead and got it on hold I had some anticipation going. This wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't the sum of it's parts.

Each chapter goes into an interesting article on some topic. The best of these for me was the analysis of race and trends in baby names. Something like a third of black babies in California have a name that no other baby in the state has. White babies tend to have the same names as one another. One of the more blah chapters for me was about how the crime drop in the 90s was a result of abortion being legalized. The authors show coorellation but crime is very complex, and the treatment so brief that this seems political and not deep at all. Politics isn't taboo at all, but here it seems to be driving the authors and that doesn't lead to fun interesting eddies. Basically the chapters are a mixed bag. Some are pretty good. Some could easily have been left out, because they just weren't so well done and seem unfocused. They fit together to make a bunch of stand-alone articles, not a single whole book.

Almost any chapter from this book would be good to read. On the other hand, hearing about any one chapter is probably going to raise your expectations. If you like the snippets you hear, then buying the book will get you a heap of those snippets. If you are cool with that then go for it.