(Using Economics (costs and incentives) to study human behavior)
- Find a study/analysis done on a human behavior using the methods of Economists in (you can put the information in your notebook or type it up):
- Freakonomics
- the book (2005)
- Freakonomics the movie; same stories as the book (2010)
- SuperFreakonomics the sequel (2009)
- The Freakonomics website freakonomics.com
- That includes excerpts from the books
- And the Blog
- And podcasts
- And videos
- Other sources you might be able to find
- What question about human behavior did they try to answer?
- What incentives/costs were used in the study/analysis?
- What conclusion did they come to about human behavior?
- Do you agree with their conclusion? Why or why not?
- Be prepared to share what you found.