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Insight into how to extend any discipline into any sphere of life | Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything | Stephen J. Dubner

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	• Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Stephen J. Dubner William Morrow, 2006 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 1581 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Surprised

I had to buy this book for a class and was surprised at how much I liked it.

Interesting read

For most people the notion economics is dull and that economists are concerned only with finance itself. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: they could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt raises the controversial hypothesis the the drop in violent crime rates is due to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship. Elsewhere, by analyzing data gathered from inner-city Chicago drug-dealing gangs, Levitt outlines a corporate structure much like McDonald's, where the top bosses make great money while scores of underlings make something below minimum wage. And in a section that may alarm or relieve worried parents, Levitt argues that parenting methods don't really matter much and that a backyard swimming pool is much more dangerous than a gun. A fast read and a fascinating book.

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Insight into how to extend any discipline into any sphere of life

This book allows people to realise that stagnant sciences like economics in this case do not necessarily need to be boring / repetitive. Some really 'out of the box' explainations have been provided for some really important questions. Reads more like a story then a book on economics.

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