Books : Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner  Average Rating:
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Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In
Rating: - LeslieCoenPRWORLD LITURATURE
fREAKONOMICS WAS A NOVEL THAT MY ECONOMICS TEACHER RECOMMENDED. hE SAID THAT I SHOULD READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE I SHOW GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE SUBJECT AND IN MY THINKING. sO I DID, AND WAS I GLAD TO HAVE READ IT! tHIS BOOK CHALLENGED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT OUR ECONOMY AND FOR ONCE IT RTELATED IT TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. i WAS NOT BOMBARDED BY ECON JARGON AND YET IT READ LIKE A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PLANNED LITERARY PIECE. THE ENTIRE BOOK READ LIKE SIX SEPERATE ARTICLES AND EACH ARTICLE ... Read More

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Rating: - Interesting, amusing, and thought-provoking
Freakonomics author Steven Levitt delves into a variety of topics, using economic theory to shatter common misconceptions and cut through political rhetoric and media hype. The results are often surprising and make excellent topics of conversation.
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Rating: - Fascinating, Entertaining, and Thought-provoking
The book is engaging and surprisingly humorous read, which opened my mind to a whole new way of looking at the world. It was fascinating to see the synthesis between economics and our everyday lives. Events which seem disconnected or driven by other influences are revealed with great clarity as having basic economic principles behind them. Read More