Monday, July 9, 2007

Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven Levitt


Recommended by: Dan G., student
Call number: Stacks HB74.P8 L479 2005

At just over 200 pages, Freakonomics is a quick read into the often overlooked gap between what conventional wisdom says is the case and what actually IS the case. With an easy writing style and incongruous teasers for chapter titles, like "What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?" and "How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents?", the authors easily trap you into reading the entirety in one sitting.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

My 15 year old daughter really enjoyed this book also.

Anonymous said...

I liked this book. I thought it was quite interesting.