Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything |
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 | First must state that this reviewer is not an economist, and usually find such books can often be boring. Must admit that this book kept me up far too late one recent weekend reading it through to the end. It was hard to put down.
Another reader/reviewer emailed me, noting that Malcolm Gladwell had said that Steven Levitt "has the most interesting mind in America," and since I had found Gladwell's "Blink!" hard to put down, I might find "Freakonomics" interesting. This was an understatement.
Then another friend loaned me a copy of the book, so I felt obligated to read it. Now I'll have to get my own copy, for it's worth a second read.
As noted above, the cover says it all. "Freakonomics" is not only humorous in places, it's fascinating, an out of the ordinary way of looking at economics for those who normally don't venture into what is often perceived as a boring subject. Like Gladwell's writing, this reviewer found this book to be a springboard to other ideas.
The authors ... read more.
Written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
Published 31 May 2005.
Published by William Morrow&Company.
rrp £15.10.
242 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 006073132X
ISBN-13: 9780060731328 | |
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