Superfreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Paperback)

from nicoally

While I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, Freakonomics, I felt that SuperFreakonomics lacked some of the spark the first book had. The book still applied humor and economics in laymen terms, but m...

from nocto

I think I'm probably pretty much satiated with the application of (sciencey thing) to (everyday thing) book genre. At least in regard to (sciencey thing)=(economics). Which, I suspect, is unlikely ...

from joecflee

A collection of bizarre but eye-opening stories. The writers are interesting, but the narrative is a bit all over the place. Compared to Malcolm Gladwell, there doesn't seem to be an overarching pu...

from benuathanasia

The anecdotes, quotes, statistics, and experiments are all absolutely fascinating. Sadly, the conclusions the authors draw from these things are very often completely incorrect and pointed out ad n...

from Jenners26

2 words that describe the book-Freaky Economics (Duh!) 3 characters I met * Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft executive, is one of the co-founders of Intellectual Ventures (IV)-an invention compa...