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Название книги: Freakonomics
Автор(ы): Steven Levitt
Жанр: Научная литература
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Freakonomics-229923.html
FREAKONOMICS: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingSteven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
AN EXPLANATORY NOTE
The most brilliant young economist in America—the one so deemed, at least, by a jury of his elders—brakes to a stop at a traffic light on Chicago’s south side. It is a sunny day in mid-June. He drives an aging green Chevy Cavalier with a dusty dashboard and a window that doesn’t quite shut, producing a dull roar at highway speeds.But the car is quiet for now, as are the noontime streets: gas stations, boundless concrete, brick buildings with plywood windows.An elderly homeless man approaches. It says he is homeless right on his sign, which also asks for money. He wears a torn jacket, too heavy for the warm day, and a grimy red baseball cap.The economist doesn’t lock his doors or inch the car forward. Nor does he go scrounging for spare change. He just watches, as if through one-way glass. After a while, the homeless man moves along.“He had nice headphones,” says the economist, st
Название книги: Freakonomics
Автор(ы): Steven Levitt
Жанр: Научная литература
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Freakonomics-229923.html
FREAKONOMICS: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingSteven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
AN EXPLANATORY NOTE
The most brilliant young economist in America—the one so deemed, at least, by a jury of his elders—brakes to a stop at a traffic light on Chicago’s south side. It is a sunny day in mid-June. He drives an aging green Chevy Cavalier with a dusty dashboard and a window that doesn’t quite shut, producing a dull roar at highway speeds.But the car is quiet for now, as are the noontime streets: gas stations, boundless concrete, brick buildings with plywood windows.An elderly homeless man approaches. It says he is homeless right on his sign, which also asks for money. He wears a torn jacket, too heavy for the warm day, and a grimy red baseball cap.The economist doesn’t lock his doors or inch the car forward. Nor does he go scrounging for spare change. He just watches, as if through one-way glass. After a while, the homeless man moves along.“He had nice headphones,” says the economist, st
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