"SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" Quotes

Sometimes the most sensible solution to a problem is the simplest and cheapest one.

The world doesn’t run on magic; it runs on incentives.

Fixing a problem is often something like a game of chess.

We’ve all been very good at adopting new technologies, but not as good at predicting their consequences.

The simplest explanation is that it is cheaper and easier to care about what is right in front of you.

Many things we take for granted in the modern world are actually quite rare when you look at all of human history.

It’s easy to confuse correlation with causation.

Economics is, at root, the study of incentives.

The world is full of complicated problems, but sometimes the solution is as simple as a single question.

Solving a problem is like a game of chess: you need to see the whole board.