A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.
I did not read the book, but now feel I do not need to (unless I want to examine the data). The film did such a thorough job of explaining its findings and making it fascinating and somewhat entertaining.
I found out that sumo wrestling may be as rigged as the WWE, though not quite as bad. Black names have an impact on your job prospects, but more interestingly there is a socioeconomic status of white names -- a name's popularity can rise or fall based on social factors.
I learned why not to trust a real estate agent, and that once upon a time people thought ice cream causes polio -- a great lesson in correlation and causation. They went over the controversial claim that legalized abortion lowers violent crime.
And, perhaps the strangest thing of all, a kid makes a tattoo gun out of an electric toothbrush... and even with this mind of ingenuity still cannot pass his classes.
We are guided on this journey by such notable documentary filmmakers as Alex Gibney and Morgan Spurlock.
I did not read the book, but now feel I do not need to (unless I want to examine the data). The film did such a thorough job of explaining its findings and making it fascinating and somewhat entertaining.
I found out that sumo wrestling may be as rigged as the WWE, though not quite as bad. Black names have an impact on your job prospects, but more interestingly there is a socioeconomic status of white names -- a name's popularity can rise or fall based on social factors.
I learned why not to trust a real estate agent, and that once upon a time people thought ice cream causes polio -- a great lesson in correlation and causation. They went over the controversial claim that legalized abortion lowers violent crime.
And, perhaps the strangest thing of all, a kid makes a tattoo gun out of an electric toothbrush... and even with this mind of ingenuity still cannot pass his classes.
We are guided on this journey by such notable documentary filmmakers as Alex Gibney and Morgan Spurlock.