Freakonomics : : a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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The entertaining side of math and economics submitted by lhart on August 9, 2007, 8:40pm NO math or econ knowledge needed! Unexpected questions and answers ranging from what schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common and why drug dealers still live with their moms to why the 1960’s were a great time to be a criminal and what your parents were telling the world when they gave you a name. How “experts” bend the facts.
Outside the box submitted by InterestedPat on June 28, 2011, 8:34pm This book thought about concepts in a completely unorthodox way. He took everything from sumo wrestlers to crime to abortions and linked tons of random things together. I read this for my economics class but I think it would be more suited for casual reading or even a psychology class. There are slight links to economics but even so, I think it's a really good book!
You will be talking about this book when you read it... a lot. submitted by chloelovellroot on July 24, 2011, 10:37pm Levitt and Dubner do an amazing job applying economic principles and thinking to the type of wild questions you come up with in middle-of-the-night conversations. It's both a great social commentary and a fabulous introduction to how thinking like an economist can be useful in just about any situation you can think of.
Fun submitted by ashflowtuff on June 28, 2012, 1:02pm Well written, and definitely makes you think about things in a new way. Highly recommended.
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Quite the eye opener
submitted by tbbrown76 on July 15, 2019, 10:20pm
Some interesting ways of looking at situations. I liked it so much, I've subscribed to the podcast. It's good, too.
TB
PUBLISHED
New York : William Morrow, c2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 242 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
006073132X :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Dubner, Stephen J.
SUBJECTS
Economics -- Psychological aspects.
Economics -- Sociological aspects.