Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. LevittMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Interesting, random, unconventional findings! I think it would have been a bit better if the questions linked to a certain theme and he wrote several different books. It's similar to Malcolm Gladwell books.
Answer's questions like:
- Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?
- What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?
- Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?
- How much do parents really matter?
- How much does a child's name really matter?
Also information on:
The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.
I found it interesting that when it really comes down to it; pretty much 80% of us would cheat/commit a crime if we knew that the odds were with us.
It's also interesting the fact of causality and correlations. What causes what? Maybe the cause is just an indication of something else.
Also he brought up it takes skill to ask odd, unconventional, yet logical questions.
James Altucher and Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner set up a daily podcast which has 177 Questions of the Day, which answers unconventional questions that is similar to the context of this book
Freakonomics Q of the Day link
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