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
Sales Rank: 1094286
Studio: William Morrow

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Rating: - Sociology-flavored econ
Everybody knows that economics is about measurement and money and things numerical; that's why most of us find it so damned dull.

But as approached by offbeat economist and Freakonomics co-author Steven D. Levitt, economics is also "the study of incentives": what it takes to get us to do a certain thing--or to not do it, as the case may be. Which makes it human, and therefore fascinating.

This is what I love about this delightful book by Levitt and journalist Stephen J. ... Read More

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Rating: - Interesting But Sometimes Unremarkable
Freakonomics addresses many diverse topics. The thing that ties the book together is the interesting kind of questions it examines and the unique blend of intuition, logic, and statistical analysis it uses to answer these questions. This book is enjoyable to read and describes many rather nerdy concepts in easy-to-understand language.

Of the twenty or so topics the book addresses, four were especially interesting to me: rigging of Sumo wrestling matches, cheating by public school teachers ... Read More

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Rating: - A much-appreciated gift
I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!

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Rating: - Book in bad condition
I really enjoyed the contents of the book, but I was very disappointed with its physical condition. The pages were of uneven size and appeared to be cut with a blunt edge. Not a book to be put on your display bookshelf...

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Rating: - Enlightened
I found this work to be enlightening and curious. I would recommend this book and the CD's to anyone who has an open mind and wants to really understand social strata and sociology anomalies. It is makes you thing how many more trends have occurred and we have been misdiagnosing there real cause. Get the book, listen to the CD and keep an open mind.

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