Should you watch Freakonomics?
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Freakonomics
Documentary · 2010
Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.
The sides of Freakonomics
- Economists asking odd questions
- Cheating in sumo wrestling
- Paying students for good grades
Freakonomics is good for you if…
- you like surprising facts about how people really behave.
- you want playful segments about baby names and bribes.
- you enjoy clever explanations that change how you see things.
Freakonomics is bad for you if…
- you want one person's story, not short chapters by different directors.
- you need suspense to stay with a film.
About: incentives · cheating · human behaviour
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