Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner on SummaryShelfhttps://summaryshelf.app/authors/steven-d.-levitt-and-stephen-j.-dubner/Recent content in Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner on SummaryShelfHugoen-usWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythinghttps://summaryshelf.app/freakonomics/Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://summaryshelf.app/freakonomics/<p>Most explanations for human behavior are wrong. We reach for the obvious cause—money, good intentions, the visible policy—and miss the quieter truth sitting in the data. Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner&rsquo;s argument is that behavior is driven by incentives people actually respond to, not the ones we assume, and that the real reason for almost any outcome tends to be distant, hidden, and unglamorous. Get curious about the mechanism, and the world starts to look very different.</p>