Freakonomics proposes no unifying theme, but does have an interesting premise. What can the tools of the rather dry science of economics tell us about the reality of the world?
That is the basis of the work of Steven Levitt, an economist who admits he knows little about money or banking or anything else that economics concerns itself with. One might suspect there are 537 people in Washington, DC, who fit that description to a T, but Levitt is more interested in what the science of economics tells us. And that, with his co-author Stephen J. Dubner, is what he set out to do in Freakonomics, a 2005 book that tackles one of the most dangerous myths in modern society: conventional wisdom.
Conventional wisdom, posits Levitt, is more conventional than wise. Often times, people look for the simple answer, then are confused as to why reality refuses to cooperate…
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