Freakonomics REV Ed Low Price CD: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Audiobook)

from danconsiglio

I like a nice gateway book. Levitt and Dubner do an excellent job of breezing over the mathier bits of economics and getting right to the analysis (which is all that this particular prole' can really comprehend). As the book wore on I began to see the patterns in the writing, though the ideas pre...

from tuckerresearch

A neat way of looking at certain issues. But, sometimes an economist confuses correlation and causation. And economics can never be anything unless it is tied to morality. I mean, come on, abortion lead to a reduction in crime in the US? Poppycock. And, so what? What if it did? Do we kill more ch...

from heikid

What is it about: A collection of analysis & social studies about various social phenomena, which are written based on an economist's point of view / research method. Non-traditional questions are asked in an economist's way: - What do School teachers & Sumo Wrestlers have in common? - Why do dru...

from IronMike

There's nothing deep here. The early chapters are fun and entertaining; good reading on the train. But eventually the humor dissolves into lists of baby names differentiated by the race and social standing of the parents. The author purports that the book will deliver us from the grasp of convent...

from IronMike

There's nothing deep here. The early chapters are fun and entertaining; good reading on the train. But eventually the humor dissolves into lists of baby names differentiated by the race and social standing of the parents. The author purports that the book will deliver us from the grasp of convent...