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Freakonomics

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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Freakonomics

By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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.

©2005 Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (P)2005 Penguin Audio
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"Prepare to be dazzled." (Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point)
"An eye-opening, and most interesting, approach to the world." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Hard to resist." (Publishers Weekly)

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Very Interesting Listening

A quirky and interesting view on how the world works.

I read this book after discovery the treasure trove of hundreds of freakonomics podcasts. And it delivered with more of the same, clever research about arbitrary topics that keeps you interested.

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Weird interlude music in the recording.

Also found the book quite disappointing and it did not live up to the hype. Many of the conclusions are very surface level and the book covers some very basic economic concepts, and how they apply to a few quirky real world examples. I expected a bit more nuance and depth, but as someone with an Economics degree I might be a little bit biased there.

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