총과 수영장 중에 무엇이 더 위험할까요? 학교 선생님들과 씨름 선수들의 공통점은 무엇일까요? 과연 부모님은 어느 정도 중요할까요? 경제학자가 여러분에게 물어보기에는 단순히 평범한 질문들이 아니랍니다. Steven D.Levitt은 아주 특별한 경제학자랍니다. 인생에서 벌어지는 수수께끼 같은 궁금증들에 대해 연구를 하죠. 과연 어떤 기괴한 궁금증들이 여러분을 기다리고 있을까요? Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like typical questions for and economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everday life-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports-and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, and awarwinning author and journalist. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives-how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing