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| - | Steven Levitt, ''Freakonomics''. | + | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, ''Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything''. New York : William Morrow, 2005. ix + 242 pages. |
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Economics as science. Economics as leisure reading. Economics as a tool to explain the workings of everyday life. All of these may seem, at the least, unlikely to you, but ''Freakonomics'' sets out to do all these in a very unpretentious way. I was reminded, as I read each chapter, why I found economics so appealing in college--the logic and practical application. | Economics as science. Economics as leisure reading. Economics as a tool to explain the workings of everyday life. All of these may seem, at the least, unlikely to you, but ''Freakonomics'' sets out to do all these in a very unpretentious way. I was reminded, as I read each chapter, why I found economics so appealing in college--the logic and practical application. | ||
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