“And here I thought economics was too difficult for me -- you know, that whole numbers thing. I prefer words. But here, Levitt and Dubner have made economic concepts both accessible and interesting. I really enjoyed this book!”
“Fun, but let's call it by its real name, shall we? Praxeology. The science of human action. People are not numbers to be crunched and unless you have psychic powers, there is no way you can predict what every person is going to do or how they will interact with other people and how those interactions will affect people.For a better study of this, read "Human Action" by Ludwig von Mises. Don't worry. No charts, graphs, and models.”
“While I questioned some of his theories, I found this book to be overall enlightening and thought prevoking. I liked it a lot and i definetly reccomend reading it. ”
“Nice concepts. Must read book. But the presentation is some what boring”
“The book is a nice crash course into microeconomics and applied statistics. Levitt's reasoning is very interesting and absolutely contagious. The book does tend to be a little lengthy now and then, especially compared to the original columns that have been included as an appendix in my version.”
“Overall terrible book. Uses anecdotal evidence to attempt to prove various wild claims, i.e. that real estate agents are similar to the KKK. Authors completely disregard the inherent logic of the free market (which disproves their supposition that a realtor would cheat his/her own client out of tens of thousands of dollars), and make further wild claims without the gumption (or, honestly, the facts) to back them up.”
“I've read a similar book - Undercover Economist by Tim Harford. Quite intriguing too. Perhaps their classmates back in college. ”
“interestingly n lovingly wierd....with very eccentric but plausible views about past incidents ...sure to compel u to change d way u think...........”
“understanding anything is more or less gumption and when proof is in the data, you wont have to elaborate much, an up for a grab book”
“A coll and smart book.Stephen is a genius.”
