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I loved the abortion cured crime theory.
So the Book Maven's a little late to the party when it comes to this little rabble-rouser (rabblerabblerabble!) of a book, in which a nonfiction journalist and an economist team up to explain a number of seemingly unrelated phenomena--such as the relation between the legalization of abortion and lowered crime rates. Or, perhaps slightly less controversially (although not by much), how KKK members are similar to real estate agents. (I won't be floating that one past my real estate agent, and I st
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In hindsight, I should have read this book rather than listening to it in the car. I still might since I really want to take a look at all the diagrams and tables that I didn't get to see. I loved Levitt's different approach to microeconomics, and his sometimes unorthodox subjects and conclusions. It was especially interesting since I understood the economic and statistical theory behind all of Levitt's work. I really want to find some papers he's published.
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I know this book sounds terribly boring...I mean economics is by far the worst subject anyone could EVER choose to read a book about. But this is fantastic! It has some very interesting theories on the 1990s drop in crime and the dishonest habits of teachers and sumo wrestlers! It also has some very interesting theories on naming a child...and come very interesting names that parents have chosen over the years. For example...who names their child OrangeJello?!
entertaining, fast read, but ultimately feels a bit thin.
Mar 07, 2007
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Jan 25, 2008
Philip
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