The purpose of the introduction is to introduce you to the idea of Freakonomics and how this method of thinking is relative to many instances of the modern world. How many statistics or instances can be explained from a rooted event. Using examples such as elections, house sales, and crime. This kind of thinking can also be brought to the sale of things like tissues, things so simplistic in life that could be favored for their containers vs. actual quality. Or something such as the sale of cars, how far do you go from a modern car’s exterior design to look “new” but at the same time look appealing to a buyer (going to far or not enough).
Ch. 1
Within this chapter the authors use statistics and very different instances to find out how honest …show more content…
It shows that many of the expenses that circulate in crack dealing are similar to that of a burger joint. That the reason to this kind of business is to become higher up in the chain. To start lower to then soon own multiple houses, cars, and enough money to retire early. Though this chapter is brought back to reality and while crime pays it is still crime and you could go to prison, and our introduced character J.T. is arrested for his crimes in crack dealing. While these business are similar (crack dealing, and burger establishments) how do they compare to when a instance of what could be considered going-out-of-business? Or possibly their similarities in launching such an …show more content…
The belief is that it has been contributed to the legalization of abortion, Along with the increase in police force that had previously dropped after the 60’s due to decreased crime. As the study of a mayor trying to gain political favor shows, an increased police force results in less crime. Though the chapter shows that the most prevalent and likely decrease in crime was due to the fact children who would have been born and almost reaching adulthood during the 90’s had been born into parents who more likely could support and raise a child. This was because of the legalization of abortion in 1973 in five states in the USA. What would happen if there was no increase in police but abortion was still legalized? Would we see any real change from what crime was like in the 90’s? What would happen to the crime rate if abortion clinics required documentation or reasoning for the abortion? Would that scare people away that would have raised a decent child, or would crime rate be
Ch. 1
Within this chapter the authors use statistics and very different instances to find out how honest …show more content…
It shows that many of the expenses that circulate in crack dealing are similar to that of a burger joint. That the reason to this kind of business is to become higher up in the chain. To start lower to then soon own multiple houses, cars, and enough money to retire early. Though this chapter is brought back to reality and while crime pays it is still crime and you could go to prison, and our introduced character J.T. is arrested for his crimes in crack dealing. While these business are similar (crack dealing, and burger establishments) how do they compare to when a instance of what could be considered going-out-of-business? Or possibly their similarities in launching such an …show more content…
The belief is that it has been contributed to the legalization of abortion, Along with the increase in police force that had previously dropped after the 60’s due to decreased crime. As the study of a mayor trying to gain political favor shows, an increased police force results in less crime. Though the chapter shows that the most prevalent and likely decrease in crime was due to the fact children who would have been born and almost reaching adulthood during the 90’s had been born into parents who more likely could support and raise a child. This was because of the legalization of abortion in 1973 in five states in the USA. What would happen if there was no increase in police but abortion was still legalized? Would we see any real change from what crime was like in the 90’s? What would happen to the crime rate if abortion clinics required documentation or reasoning for the abortion? Would that scare people away that would have raised a decent child, or would crime rate be