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2007/07/22

蘋果橘子經濟學(Freakonomics)

蘋果橘子經濟學
(Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything)



Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner著
李明譯
大塊文化2006出版
ISBN 986-7291-93-X
1.經濟 (550)

一顆蘋果,用經濟學的剖刀切開,裡頭竟然是橘子

一種全新開發的經濟學--
用最有趣的問題剝解所有事物隱藏的一面
經濟學擁用獲得答案的絕佳工具,但嚴重缺乏有趣的問題.
Levitt--經濟學的印第安那瓊斯,
他發掘了許多看似幽默怪誕,卻與日常生活息息相關的<經濟問題>,
本書旨在探尋每件事物背後隱藏的一面,
剝去現代生活的一兩層表皮,以觀內部的運作狀況.
作者發明了一個全新的研究領域:
蘋果橘子經濟學--
用經濟學的剖刀切開擁有蘋果外表的橘子果實.
這種剖刀憑藉的是經學裡俯拾皆是的工具,不同的只是改從最有趣而關鍵的點切入.

經濟學本質上是一種測量的科學,包含一組可以測量複雜資訊的完善工具.
只要找對了透視角度,所有複雜的現象都是可被理解的.
這也是Levitt所認為的:如果道德代表人們理想中的世界運作方式,
那麼經濟學則代表真實世界的運作方式.

(請參閱本書網站:http://www.freakonomics.com/)

代序
緣起 About "Freakonomics"
緒論:事物隱藏的一面 Introduction

小學老師與相撲選手有何共通點?
Chapter 1: What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common?
In which we explore the beauty of incentives, as well as their dark side-cheating.

三K黨與房地產仲介有何相似處?
Chapter 2: How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents?
In which it is argued that nothing is more powerful than information, especially when its power is abused.

為何毒販還和母親住一起?
Chapter 3: Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms?
In which the conventional wisdom is often found to be a web of fabrication, self-interest, and convenience.

罪犯都跑到哪裡去了?
Chapter 4: Where Have All the Criminals Gone?
In which the facts of crime are sorted out from the fictions.

怎樣才算理想的父母?
Chapter 5: What Makes a Perfect Parent?
In which we ask, from a variety of angles, a pressing question: do parents really matter?

完美的父母,續篇:換個名字會更好?
Chapter 6: Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?
In which we weigh the importance of a parent's first official act-naming the baby.

尾聲:到哈佛的兩條路
附註

(88shining say, 看完才來寫心得)

(2007.08.07:這幾天,認真地閱讀這本很不錯的書,過些天,再寫些心得,摘錄經典原文!)

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