Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. I am way behind the book club curve on this one, but have been meaning to read it for quite some time. I am glad that I was late to the party, as this revised and expanded version corrected some errors from the first and had a whole lot of cool stuff added to the back. So there, once in my life I was rewarded for procrastinating. Great read. A lot like Malcolm Gladwell's oevres if you like those. I really enjoyed Economics in high school and college, and found this very interesting. The book isn't without controversy since some of their studies are wild and show some unforeseen results, but they all make you THINK, which is what I like. So if you have procrastinated to, check it out. Disclaimer - for those of you offended by bad language, there is some of it in here when they quote some people who don't have the same sensibilities.
Monday, 26 January 2009
Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. I am way behind the book club curve on this one, but have been meaning to read it for quite some time. I am glad that I was late to the party, as this revised and expanded version corrected some errors from the first and had a whole lot of cool stuff added to the back. So there, once in my life I was rewarded for procrastinating. Great read. A lot like Malcolm Gladwell's oevres if you like those. I really enjoyed Economics in high school and college, and found this very interesting. The book isn't without controversy since some of their studies are wild and show some unforeseen results, but they all make you THINK, which is what I like. So if you have procrastinated to, check it out. Disclaimer - for those of you offended by bad language, there is some of it in here when they quote some people who don't have the same sensibilities.
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Nice, thanks for the review. It's on my to-read list, since I'm coming around to interest in financial trends late in life. So I will be even later to the party!
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