Thursday, January 04, 2007

Freakonomics

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Steven D. Levitt, professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, make economics interesting in a weird way in his book "Freakonomics" which was written with Stephen J. Dubner, a writer for the New York Times and The New Yorker.

My oldest son and his wife, Steven and Sara, who constantly challenge my thinking, gave me a copy for Christmas... and it is a really fine gift.
  • What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
  • How is the Ku Klux Klan like a group of real estate agents?
  • Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?
Weird, but fun to read.

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