Superfreakonomics, Illustrated Edition: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life I, (Hardcover)

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 maybe the topics weren't as interesting. While I still recommend this book, I suggest if you had to p...

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 to stop me picking up other books in the genre in the future. I did feel like I'd read a whole heap ...

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 purpose... just a collection of fun facts, that when tied together, is interesting, but not much more....

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 nauseum by those far more intelligent and expert than myself.

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 company that has come up with a variety of creative and affordable fixes for a variety of problems, rangi...