Let me just preface this with Hubs and I are HUGE Freakonomics Podcast Addicts.
(Yes, it needed capital letters because of our freakish addiction.)
We started down the road of addiction with this book – Freakonomics (only $1.99 today on Amazon).
If you ever enjoy hearing or reading about a different side of the way stuff works, behaviors, and attitudes….this is your resource.
And it’s a great book to read as spouses together, because there is plenty of fodder for discussion.
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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 did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime?
These may not sound like typical questions for an econo-mist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing—and whose conclusions turn conventional wisdom on its head.
Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They usually begin with a mountain of data and a simple question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.
Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download FREE applications for your PC, Mac, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, or Droid Phone.
Pricing was current when the post was published, however Amazon prices change often, so please check before you buy.
