How can your name affect how well you do in life? What do estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealers live with their mothers? The answer: Freakonomics. It's at the heart of everything we do and the things that affect us daily: from sex to crime, parenting to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. And we can use it to get to the heart of what's really happening under the surface of everyday life. This cult bestseller will show you how, by unravelling your life's secret codes, you can ...
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How can your name affect how well you do in life? What do estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealers live with their mothers? The answer: Freakonomics. It's at the heart of everything we do and the things that affect us daily: from sex to crime, parenting to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. And we can use it to get to the heart of what's really happening under the surface of everyday life. This cult bestseller will show you how, by unravelling your life's secret codes, you can discover a totally new way of seeing the world.
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This is a very thought proving book and helps one think past the "obvious"
SERGE U
Apr 21, 2012
Great book. A must read.
The authors do a great job taking statistics and relating it to the real world we live in. A highly recommended read.
CheqeredPast
Feb 9, 2012
Freakonomics Makes Sense of the Spin
Creative thinking and numbers that do not hide the truth. Learn to look for the motivation behind the news topics. Wonderful read.
Martin H
Jan 13, 2011
My Son-in-Law Loved It
This was a Christmas gift for my son-in-law and he loved it. And it was in such excellent condition that he was surprised to hear that it was a used book.
Leonard S
Sep 23, 2010
it does not exercise analysis in any meaningful
way.
