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  • georgezacharias Rank: Staff Sergeant 20th Nov 2006

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    This book is a collection of essays, explaining everything from crime rates to parenting using statistic principles. Don't think Freakonomics will be a boring academic read, as this one is as page turning as a murder mystery!

  • pnadin Rank: Colonel 1st Mar 2006

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    Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is a very thought provoking book. I really liked the section that deals with the psychology behind incentives and how people try to cheat the system whatever that system might be. It reveals how systems intending to improve something often have a knock on effect on something else. Levitt's analysis of the hidden reasons behind changes in crime levels are very thought provoking, and show just how misleading statistics can be i ...