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Freakonomics

Author: John Stossel; Steven D Levitt; Stephen J Dubner; ABC News Productions.; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, ©2007.
Edition/Format:  eVideo : Clipart/images/graphics : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"How do people get what they want? The most primal aim of economics is to find answers to that blunt but telling question-something at which Steven D. Levitt has proved particularly adept. In this ABC News program, Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, coauthors of the best-selling book Freakonomics, reason out points of convergence between beauty pageant contestants and crack dealers, abortion and prison, children's car  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Documentary films
Additional Physical Format: 20-20. 04/14/06, Freakonomics
(OCoLC)166269588
Named Person: Steven D Levitt; Stephen J Dubner
Material Type: Clipart/images/graphics, Videorecording, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File, Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: John Stossel; Steven D Levitt; Stephen J Dubner; ABC News Productions.; Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
OCLC Number: 191855233
Language Note: Closed-captioned.
Notes: Title from title frames, viewed Feb. 6, 2008.
"A John Stossel Special."
Originally broadcast as a segment of 20/20 on April 14, 2006.
Streaming video (40 m., 300 Kbps, sd., col.) available as both Windows Media and QuickTime files.
Made available through FMG on Demand.
"Item #37391."
Performer(s): Co-authors: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner; host and interviewer, John Stossel.
Details: System requirements: Windows Media Player or QuickTime player. Additional technical information:; Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents: Freaky economics : competition and rules of the game (05:39) --
Importance of physical attractiveness in business (04:51) --
Importance of money in relationships (02:32) --
Loneliness of celebrities and high-achieving blacks (04:18) --
Freakonomics to understand human behavior (03:29) --
Relationship between abortion and crime rates (04:24) --
Safety of child restraint systems in vehicles (05:49) --
Human nature : honest or dishonest? (06:37).
Other Titles: Freakonomics with Levitt and Dubner
20/20 (Television program)
Responsibility: ABC News Productions.

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"How do people get what they want? The most primal aim of economics is to find answers to that blunt but telling question-something at which Steven D. Levitt has proved particularly adept. In this ABC News program, Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, coauthors of the best-selling book Freakonomics, reason out points of convergence between beauty pageant contestants and crack dealers, abortion and prison, children's car seats and DVD players, consumers and tamarin monkeys, and black straight-A students and Hollywood celebrities. Whether a person is likely to give more to a charity if the person collecting for it is attractive is also considered."--FMG on Demand website.

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