[ Books ] Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I came to this book somewhat belatedly after it was recommended to me by a friend. It was a very interesting book even though I didn't always feel I could agree on what the authors were saying, or rather their conclusions, but what it posits is interesting, it does seem to provide useful tools for analysis of things that are not, prima facie, of an economic nature. It is also very entertaining and overall quite well written. Well worth a read if perhaps much more lightweight than you expect at first. There is also a danger, in these Trumpbrexited times, of dismissing experts almost out of hand. This is something that the manufacturers of 'alternative facts' would love you to do.



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