Holloway
BUA-101
FREAKONOMICS is at heart a challenge to
‘conventional wisdom’.
Leavitt & Dubner describe ‘conventional wisdom’ as
something to be suspicious of and questioned.
Your Assignment
Write a full two-paged essay on the subject of
Freakonomics in following three parts…
Give an overall impression of the
film as it pertains to the study of
economics
Explain “Causality” and give an
example (from the film or from another source)
Instructions
How did the term "conventional
wisdom" enter the common lexicon?
According to the authors, why is
conventional wisdom comforting to
people?
What purpose does it serve?
Why do the authors deem it so
important to challenge conventional
wisdom?
 Choose a chapter/topic that was most
interesting to you and discuss it in detail.
 Be sure to include if the topic challenged
previously held beliefs of yours
 Do you think the authors effectively used
data to support their points of view
 Create an example of parallelism from the
American economy and discuss the
similarities of the example with your
chapter/topic
 Note: Only uploaded assignments will be scored
 Please see the website (www.tjholloway.net) for
instructions of how to upload assignments or take the
instructional handout from the front of the class as you
exit today.