1. Chapter 2 The Ku Klux Klan and Real-Estate Agent
FREAKONOMICS
Chapter 2
The Ku Klux Klan and Real-Estate Agent

2. Ku Klux Klan A white supremacist group
Used secrecy to help them maintain power
Used power of fear to get their way
Code names – Mr. Ayak and Mr. Akai
Claimed to be a nonprofit organization, but made a lot of money from fees
Klan’s bible – Kloran
Had own secret rules

3. Real Estate Agents
Didn’t care about how much the sellers got, only cared about how much money they got
Had secret code words and rules
They lie

4. Other Dating websites people lied to make him/herself sound better
The Weakest Link – they vote people off, even if they are smart, for their own self interest and wanted to win the jackpot

5. Ku Klux Klan vs. Real Estate Agents
Both have secret codes to make them seem more powerful
Both lie to get what they want
Only worry about making money

7. Interesting Facts
Stetson Kennedy went undercover and pretended to be part of the Ku Klux Klan, so he could find out how they ran their organizations and other facts about the Klan
Kennedy called the writers of the Superman and told them the secrets of the Klan and how the Klan worked.
Real estate agents have secret code words to describe the price

8. Facts Continued
Real Estate agent cheated one house seller out of $20,000, while the agent only lost $300