Reverend J. LeSchwes's review
Freakonomics Rev Ed: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Reverend J. LeSchwes's review
Freakonomics Rev Ed: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Reverend J. LeSchwes's review
rating:
recommended for: People who want to laugh cynically at American stupidity... or stupid people
I enjoyed learning a few things about sumo wrestling and the Chicago public school system.
But apparently, the hidden side of everything remains pretty hidden to Levitt and Dubner.
Is this kind of laziness common among economists?
Or are they just assuming that only stupid people who want other "experts" to tell them about the hidden side of everything are going to read this- as opposed to people who are actually inquisitive and capable of doing math. Or were they just so busy getting blowjobs from the Harvard Economists Fan Club that they forgot to have their work peer-reviewed?
A thoughtful reader might notice that these guys disprove most of their own points with each new chapter. (If crime went down during the 90s, but white collar crime is the hardest to detect and the least reported, and it is most likely to happen in bigger, less personal companies, then wouldn't that mean that the rise of the mega-mergered multi-national corporation -Walmart, Enron, KBR...more
But apparently, the hidden side of everything remains pretty hidden to Levitt and Dubner.
Is this kind of laziness common among economists?
Or are they just assuming that only stupid people who want other "experts" to tell them about the hidden side of everything are going to read this- as opposed to people who are actually inquisitive and capable of doing math. Or were they just so busy getting blowjobs from the Harvard Economists Fan Club that they forgot to have their work peer-reviewed?
A thoughtful reader might notice that these guys disprove most of their own points with each new chapter. (If crime went down during the 90s, but white collar crime is the hardest to detect and the least reported, and it is most likely to happen in bigger, less personal companies, then wouldn't that mean that the rise of the mega-mergered multi-national corporation -Walmart, Enron, KBR...more