Steven D. Levitt

Imagine sneaking into a hidden dimension of everything. This book explores a surprising linkage between such varied topics as how schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers share the same set of incentives, or what real estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common. It challenges conventional wisdom and asks provocative questions. It is a blend of economics and storytelling that reveals the economic principles underpinning everyday life. It really is a journey through human nature in a way that shows, at the core, economics truly is the study of incentives and how they affect our behaviors.