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“Outstanding. Any book that is based on the premise that conventional wisdom is generally wrong starts off very well with me. The use of economics to distill certain "truths" down into entirely re-thought principles and ideas is innovative and, to be sure, brilliant. I can see the more traditional economics professors hating the influx of Freakonomics disciples at departments nationwide.
The chapter that most resonated with me was the one about real estate agents and the KKK. On the surface, and certainly among some people, the idea that the two are similar is offensive. But as you will see in reading the book, there is something in common among them and perhaps that offensive connection is what actually makes you understand that we're not dealing with the surface here. The result is the removal of emotion from the critical thinking that goes into the ideas presented in the book, and a return to actual thought. It sure seems simple, but if you take a good look around, we're devoid of that type of thinking. Like I said, outstanding.”
mrjerz wrote this review Wednesday, January 23 2008.
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