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Freakonomics Movie Analysis
Freakonomics
The first part of the movie talks about the way real estate agents work and whether their interests are actually aligned with the seller of the property or not. This is confirmed by the data which shows that the homes of real estate agents tend to command a better price than the client’s as the agents hold the property for more days on the market. The agents ask the clients to sell their respective property’s right away because the additional consideration which they get, for waiting for some more time to get a better price, is very negligible. Thus, the behavioral pattern of the real estate agents depend on the incentives offered to them.
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This part of the movie deals with the process of keeping

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