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How the famous freakonomics documentary changed our world. Even though the film premiered at the tribeca film festival. Like the 2005 bestseller that inspired it, the movie version of freakonomics is fleet and accessible, an enjoyably light and lively pop artifact aimed at bringing some unusual economic theories to the. Freakonomics cofounder stephen dubner on recode media freakonomics is a kind of world view that tries to use data, empiricism, common sense and psychological insight to. Based on the bestselling book, freakonomics the movie examines the other side of human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies to find out how many of societys commonly held beliefs about economics, and human behavior are wrong, and why. Adaptation au cinema du bestseller eponyme ecrit par leconomiste hors norme steven levitt et le journaliste du new york time stephen dubner, le film offre. The film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and. Dubner, examines human behavior through the lens of statistics and incentives, rather than morals and ethics. Freakonomics 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Several documentary directors each film a segment representing one chapter of steven d. Comprising four main documentary segments, each made by a different director including super size mes morgan spurlock, taxi to the dark sides alex gibney, why we fights eugene jarecki, and jesus camps heidi ewing and rachel grady the film. Dubner, examines human behavior through the lens of statistics and incentives, rather than morals and ethics, illuminating surprising and controversial conclusions. Some of the worlds most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.
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