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Freakonomics

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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Setting themselves the daunting task of discovering the hidden side of “well, everything”, these two idiosyncratic economists turn much of our received knowledge on its head and make us question what we take for granted about economics, human behaviour and, well, everything. Hugely influential, much imitated, seldom bettered, this book will alter the way you see the world.

Synopsis

Assume nothing, question everything.

This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon.

'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell

'A sensation ... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph

'Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next' Wall Street Journal

'Dazzling ... a delight' Economist

'Made me laugh out loud' Scotland on Sunday

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780141019017
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 252g
  • Languages: English

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Freakonomics
Freakonomics
A friend recommended that i took a look at this and i was hooked after 10 pages! The basic premise is to apply economic models to everyday questions. Why d... READ MORE
Graham Leggat
Freakonomics
A lesson in unconventional wisdom
Freakonomics is more a lesson in divergent thinking and the questioning of conventional wisdom than it is in economics. The reader is presented with a seri... READ MORE
Tim Dumble
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Freakonomics
This is quite an interesting read that does get you thinking about the world in a somewhat unusual way (it really never occurred to me that drug dealers li... READ MORE
Ecowitch
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Freakonomics
Overall and excellent and entertaining book, though it can drag in places.
Donal Moore
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Over-hyped!
I have just finished the 2006 revision of this offering from Mr. Dubner and Mr. Levitt. It is one of those books that, it seems to me, has been way over-hy... READ MORE
Simon W
Freakonomics
Subversive in the most positive sense!
I wish i'd read this book when it was first published in 2005. By the time i'd finished reading it i felt so behind the curve but also in front of it at th... READ MORE
Consumer001
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Freakonomics by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
I enjoyed this. They present lots of anecdotes, many of which show how counterintuitive are the reasons for things happening. They say that youth crime in ... READ MORE
Agnes Brown
Freakonomics
Very insightful
I really enjoyed this book. It made me consider things in a different way and see the bigger picture of a lot of the things that happen around us every day... READ MORE
Steven Watson
Freakonomics
Readable economic takes on quirky question that doesn't interrogate its own data
Steven D. Levitt teaches economics at the University of Chicago. Stephen J. Dubner is a writer for the New York Times and The New Yorker. This book resul... READ MORE
IReadThereforeIBlog
Freakonomics
Funny, educational, and thought provoking.
I was immersed in this book, Levitt really has a unique mind. Some ideas take you back a bit, but as you read on and allow yourself to be guided by his tho... READ MORE
Yasmin Comez