Freakonomics New Edition Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common How much do parents really matter These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday lifefrom cheating and crime to parenting and sportsand reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and St