“Humorous, lively and well-paced, this book does to economics what Malcolm Gladwell did to marketing and sociology. While statistical data is used, it’s in a narrow and limited context, leaving the compelling arguments to the anecdotes and other anomalous evidence. This, in itself, isn’t a problem, as it makes for thoughtful reading. Especially glaring was the final chapter about race, parenting, and naming a child an obviously “black” name undermines that child’s potential success. Of course, the first thought is of a black boy born to an unmarried, itinerant mother, who named her little boy a “black” name: Barack Hussein Obama. Just a reminder that, while numbers may not lie, analyses and generalizations don’t always speak the truth.”
wurd nurd wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009.
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