Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 650 EAN: 9780061131325 ISBN: 0061131326 Label: William Morrow Manufacturer: William Morrow Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: William Morrow Studio: William Morrow Sales Rank: 1167132
Rating: - Pretty good
Freakonomics' strongest asset is its blunt force mauling of conventional wisdom and the often unveering faith that journalists, experts and ordinary folks pay it, often only to serve (sadly) their own ... Read More
Rating: - Freakonomics Is Not Rigorous Enough
The basic premise of Freakonomics is that everything that happens leads to something else, or that one thing leads to another. It's a book about cause and effect from a social perspective. With this view, ... Read More
Rating: - Surprisingly interesting
I have a new appreciation for the hidden side of economics! It read so quickly. Who knew economics could be a fun read!
Rating: - Open your eyes to a whole new world!
Levitt and Dubner really challenge conventional wisdom.It will open your eyes to how easily people just except things as fact without ever questioning the data behind them. Its a read that you really will ... Read More
Rating: - Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
After reading this book I wasn't sure whether the author is a brilliant person, but a bad writer, or whether the author is knowingly dishonest and misleading.
- Pretty good
- Freakonomics Is Not Rigorous Enough
- Open your eyes to a whole new world!