Freakonomics

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What are the practical implications?

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The provided passages do not contain information about the practical implications of the ideas presented in "Freakonomics."

The passages describe the book's premise as exploring the hidden side of various topics by examining human motivation and incentives [1]. It states that the book will make readers see the familiar world through an original lens [1]. However, it does not detail what those practical implications are.

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Title: Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner Description: "Steven D. Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives - how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of...well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell…
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