Freakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner, Steven Levitt (2005, Hardcover)
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Author: Stephen J. Dubner,Steven Levitt
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 006073132X
ISBN-13: 9780060731328
Product ID: EPID43421630
Description: Economist Steven Levitt is a popularizer in the best sense of that term, and his reality-based view of economics encompasses both how it touches our daily lives (though we may not always see it) and how it can help bring clarity to that ...
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Should be a Required Economics or Sociology TextReview created: 01/05/07
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Dubner and Levitt have changed the face of economics and statistics from the snore fests they have always been for so many business majors to become topics of mainstream public discussion. Who knew economics could be this exciting?!
This book is eye opening. You won't be able to put it down. Who would not be interested in reading about things like the correlation between abortion rates and violent crime, teachers cheating, sumo wrestlers rigging matches, real estate agents getting more for their own homes than those of their clients, the effects of names on our children and on and on?
This book contains truly fascinating insight with the further kudos of not having any political slant. The authors just lay the facts and figures out there. It's so refreshing.
This book is eye opening. You won't be able to put it down. Who would not be interested in reading about things like the correlation between abortion rates and violent crime, teachers cheating, sumo wrestlers rigging matches, real estate agents getting more for their own homes than those of their clients, the effects of names on our children and on and on?
This book contains truly fascinating insight with the further kudos of not having any political slant. The authors just lay the facts and figures out there. It's so refreshing.
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