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The Blurb On The Back:
Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics is the cult hit that turns economics on its head, using surprising information about the world to understand what’s really happening under the surface of everyday life. From how your name affects how successful you are, to why drug dealers live with their mothers (and the unexpected links between estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan), this book unravels the secret codes behind, well … everything.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Steven D. Levitt teaches economics at the University of Chicago. Stephen J. Dubner is a writer for the New York Times and The New Yorker. This book resulted from a profile that Dubner wrote on Levitt and was a phenomenon when first published in 2005, offering explanations for a variety of questions. It’s a page-turning read that tells a good story but some of the statistics are questionable and its reliance on racial assumptions very telling.
Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics is the cult hit that turns economics on its head, using surprising information about the world to understand what’s really happening under the surface of everyday life. From how your name affects how successful you are, to why drug dealers live with their mothers (and the unexpected links between estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan), this book unravels the secret codes behind, well … everything.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Steven D. Levitt teaches economics at the University of Chicago. Stephen J. Dubner is a writer for the New York Times and The New Yorker. This book resulted from a profile that Dubner wrote on Levitt and was a phenomenon when first published in 2005, offering explanations for a variety of questions. It’s a page-turning read that tells a good story but some of the statistics are questionable and its reliance on racial assumptions very telling.
