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EXTRA CREDIT: Freakonomics

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This is an optional extra credit opportunity. Anyone can do this assignment to get up to 2% points towards your overall course grade. For this assignment you will watch the full length movie"Freakonomics: The Hidden Side of Everything" - 1 hour 33 minutes and answer the questions below as you watch.

You can watch online at the following places for free:

1. Youtube- Freakonomics Full Length (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=IZ5GOpy0yzM&feature=youtu.be)

2. Daily Motion - Freakonomics Full Length (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x30lggo)

You can also watch for $2.99 on Google Play or Amazon Prime and sometimes it is on Netflix.

Assignment Questions 1. Give an example from the movie for each of the following concepts:

Causation or Correlation Incentives Rationality (or irrationality) Your choice_____________

2. Do real estate agents have aligned interests with their clients?

3. You can teach a kid as much in a ___________________ as you can in a museum.

4. What incentive could teachers have to cheat for their students?

5. What do sumo wrestling and high finance have in common?

6. Why is the murder clearance rate so high in Japan?

7. Crime decreases can be explained by: _____% prison increase, ______% crack decrease, and 50% _____________.

8. What is the percentage increase in high school student passing rates when they are bribed to get good grades?

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9. Why do incentive schemes sometimes fail?