Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Freakonomics

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

2005 • 321 pages

Ratings441

Average rating3.8

15

Overall, it was fine. It's an interesting take: apply economic ways of thinking to multiple social issues or everyday situations. The author's claim is that numbers tell the full story and never lie, to which I mostly agree, however, there are instances when numbers don't tell things in the correct way or they remove the human element. Additionally, as Levitt mentions, one has to make sure they are measuring the correct thing and interpreting the numbers in the correct way.
Outdated and a bit boring overall. Would be better as a podcast, honestly.

August 14, 2022