Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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“This book is kind of hard to explain. It's nonfiction for sure, as the authors use economics to explore and explain everyday problems like crime, cheating on standardized testing, and getting parents to pick their kids up from daycare. Though it has a few themes that keep popping up over and over, it really lacks any kind of narrative thread, the way Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" does, but Freakonomics is much more likely to give you something interesting to say at your next...”

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“The basic premise of Freakonomics is that everything that happens leads to something else, or that one thing leads to another. It's a book about cause and effect from a social perspective. With this view, the author challenges our assumptions about the way things are or the way we actually perceive them to be. The book is written with a lighthearted tone, making its subjects and case studies seem more like fodder for a cocktail party than as questions for research. Such treatment makes...”

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kerry h said:

“Harvard Economics Professor Herman Daly described modern economics as "an excuse for a lot of recreational mathematics". I liked this book because this guy seemed to be interested in the real world, even if it is a slightly esoteric one. Fun to read.”

posted Thursday, May 7 2009

laura n said:

“This shit will turn you on your head! And make you want to stay there! My second favorite book of all time.”

posted Friday, December 26 2008

allison n said:

“This book really opened my eyes to the idea of incentives and how much they really influence our decisions. It's amazing how everyone is out for themselves, whether consciously or subconsciously. Our decisions about everything stem from what's in it for us.”

posted Sunday, September 7 2008 ( | view 1 reply )

urvika p said:

“I enjoyed reading this book because after i finished reading it helped me understand economics a little better. ”

posted Thursday, September 4 2008

meeshali g said:

“I cannot believe that Roe v. Wade decision for making abortion legal would make the crime rate go down in the next 5-10 years!”

posted Thursday, September 4 2008 ( | view 3 replies )