Freakonomics

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Can someone give a good explanation of this? I know it's been used to link legalized abortion with lower murder rates, but what does freakonomics inherently do?

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Can someone give a good explanation of this? I know it's been used to link legalized abortion with lower murder rates, but what does freakonomics inherently do?

Freakonomics isn't a methodology. It's a (very interesting) book showing how incentives affect people's behaviour. It's quite an interesting read even if some of the conclusions (like the abortion one) are sketchy.

Pardon my ignorance, but not sure what incentives affecting people's behavior have to do with these conclusions.