Screen LibraryThink like a freak : the authors of Freakonomics offer to retrain your brain /
Levitt and Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-- to think, that is, like a Freak. Whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms, you'll learn to put away your moral compass, think...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Levitt and Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-- to think, that is, like a Freak. Whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms, you'll learn to put away your moral compass, think like a child, and discover how incentives rule our world. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 268 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-254) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780062218339 : 0062218336 006227841X 9780062278418 9780062279194 |
| Index Number: | BF449 |
| CLC: | B842.1 |
| Call Number: | B842.1/L666-1 |
| Contents: | What does it mean to think like a freak? -- The three hardest words in the English language -- What's your problem? -- Like a bad dye job, the truth is in the roots -- Think like a child -- Like giving candy to a baby -- What do King Solomon and David Lee Roth have in common? -- How to persuade people who don't want to be persuaded -- The upside of quitting. |