Freakonomics
Things you always thought you knew but didn't
The field of economics can study more than the workings of economies or businesses, it can also help explore human behavior in how it reacts to incentives. Economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner host an anthology of documentaries that examines how people react to opportunities to gain, wittingly or otherwise. The subjects include the possible role a person's name has for their success in life, why there is so much cheating in an honor bound sport like sumo wrestling, what helped reduce crime in the USA in the 1990s onward and we follow an school experiment to see if cash prizes can encourage struggling students to improve academically.
Cast
James Ransone
Morgan Spurlock
Self
Self - Narrator
Melvin Van Peebles
Self
Self - Narrator (segment: It's Not Always A Wonderful Life)
Bill Gates
Self
Self
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Ngozi Jane Anyanwu
Uneek
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Dan Chen
Bruce-Cubicle Worker
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Veronica Heffron
Courtroom Audience
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Kellie Gerardi
Lexus
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Sloan Alexander
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Paul Brill
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Craig DeLeon
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Michael Furjanic
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Junji Aoki
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Derek Hallquist
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Tony Hardmon
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Darren Lew
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