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The authors maintain a blog that aims to cover the same types of topics that the book did but on a daily basis. [[Conservapedia]] was mentioned in a recent entry on alternatives to [[Wikipedia]].<ref>http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/06/13/hate-wikipedia-start-your-own/#comments</ref>
The authors maintain a blog that aims to cover the same types of topics that the book did but on a daily basis. [[Conservapedia]] was mentioned in a recent entry on alternatives to [[Wikipedia]].<ref>http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/06/13/hate-wikipedia-start-your-own/#comments</ref>
==Structure==
==Contents==
The book consists of an introduction, six chapters and an epilogue. The chapters consist of a question regarding seemingly unrelated subjects or that were of a nature that most economists paid them little attention.
The book consists of an introduction, six chapters and an epilogue. The chapters consist of a question regarding seemingly unrelated subjects or that were of a nature that most economists paid them little attention.
*'''Chapter 2''' ''How Is the [[Ku Klux Klan]] Like a Group of Real Estate Agents?''
*'''Chapter 2''' ''How Is the [[Ku Klux Klan]] Like a Group of Real Estate Agents?''
**A review of how the proliferation of information can undermine the activity of an otherwise clandestine organization or how information experts can use that information against the people they are presumed to be assisting.
**A review of how the proliferation of information can undermine the activity of an otherwise clandestine organization or how information experts can use that information against the people they are presumed to be assisting.
***The story of [[Jackson Kennedy]]'s work to undo the [[KKK]] and the unexpected way he was able to achieve success is presented.
***The story of [[Stetson Kennedy]]'s work to undo the [[KKK]] and the unexpected way he was able to achieve success is presented.
***A review of real estate transactions, on behalf of themselves and others, reveals the inside thinking of real estate agents.
***A review of real estate transactions, on behalf of themselves and others, reveals the inside thinking of real estate agents.
*'''Chapter 3''' ''Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?''
*'''Chapter 3''' ''Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?''
**[[Sudhir Vankatesh]] took a survey on urban poverty and turned into a deep undercover investigation of Chicago's [[Black Disciples]] gang that resulted in his eventually becoming a [[Harvard]] fellow (where he would meet [[Steven D. Levitt]]). The chapter reveals why, despite the reported money to be made by selling narcotics, most drug dealers still lived with their mothers in poverty.
**[[Sudhir Vankatesh]] took a survey on urban poverty and turned into a deep undercover investigation of Chicago's [[Black Disciples]] gang that resulted in his eventually becoming a [[Harvard]] fellow (where he would meet [[Steven D. Levitt]]). The chapter reveals why, despite the reported money to be made by selling narcotics, most drug dealers still lived with their mothers in poverty.
*'''Chapter 4''' ''Where Have All the Criminals Gone?''
*'''Chapter 4''' ''Where Have All the Criminals Gone?''
**During the late 1980s and into the 1990s public media discussed the coming advent of the super-predator and ever increasing crime. In exploring why the grim forecasts did not come to pass, the authors discuss the impact of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
**During the late 1980s and into the 1990s public media discussed the coming advent of the super-predator and ever increasing crime. In exploring why the grim forecasts did not come to pass, the authors discuss the impact of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and contrast it to Romanian Nicolae Ceauşescu's policy of not only banning abortion but aggressively punishing women who would not conceive with a celibacy tax.
***In both situations, people who may or may not have been born had a profound impact on society. Had Ceauşescu maintained the previous liberal policy regarding abortion, many of the youths that overthrew his government would most likely not have been born. Had the Supreme Court ruled as it did in Roe v. Wade, the young, poor, undereducated mothers who did not have the financial resources to afford an abortion would have had children statistically destined to be involved in crime.
***The authors, both of whom are parents, do not necessarily advocate abortion as an ends justifying the means of fighting crime. For example, they refer to abortion as a means of birth control as "a crude and drastic sort of insurance policy"† and acknowledge their findings should leave people "shaken by the notion of a private sadness being converted into a public good"‡.
*'''Chapter 5''' ''What Makes a Perfect Parent?''
*'''Chapter 5''' ''What Makes a Perfect Parent?''
**A statistical review of the impact of parents on children and the multitude of divergent advice given to parents. Included, how fear influences our perceptions of risk and how parents make choices for their children.
*'''Chapter 6''' ''Perfect Parenting, Part II; or: Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?''
*'''Chapter 6''' ''Perfect Parenting, Part II; or: Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?''
*'''Chapter 1''' ''What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common''
**A statistical review of names in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and how they are affected by race and the potential impact on children.
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*[http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/ Freakonomics] Stephen J. Dubner.
*[http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/ Freakonomics] Stephen J. Dubner.
*†''Freakonomics'' p. 139¶2
*‡''Freakonomics'' p. 141¶2
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