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A 7 page paper which reviews “Freakonomics” by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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book one could imagine. It is not a study of economics as much as it is a study of various things or conditions in the nation as it relates to
human behavior in society. There are elements of economics, but from a very unique perspective that essentially just offers up various bits of information and discoveries as it relates to
society and the changes in society. The following paper provides and overview and review of the book. Freakonomics In first offering an overview of the book one must
look at the intriguing titles of the chapters, and thus get a better understanding of what the authors are essentially addressing. As one author notes, "What kind of a person
would not be at least a bit interested in chapter titles such as How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real Estate Agents?, Why Do Drug Dealers
Still Live with Their Moms? and What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common?" (Kats, 2006; 93). The authors also cover such intriguing and controversial topics as that
which involves a relationship between legalized abortion and the reduction in the crime rate since Roe v Wade. Clearly it is assumed, and perhaps rightly so through research and such,
that criminals tend to be from impoverished backgrounds and it may well be that many abortions are done in relationship to impoverished backgrounds due to the lack of ability to
raise more children. One author states that the authors indicate how the "births of unwanted children drastically declined when abortion became nationally legal on January 22, 1973. Seventeen years later
crime began to fall, which is the age when many once-innocent boys begin to commit crimes" (Kats, 2006; 93). Another author examines the abortion/crime relationship in the book, as well
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