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| ![Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z1scnqz1L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Authors: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  1587 reviews
Sales Rank: 170
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised & Expand, Roughcut
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061234001
Dewey Decimal Number: 330
EAN: 9780061234002
ASIN: 0061234001
Publication Date: October 2, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 A much-appreciated gift October 30, 2008
I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!
 Book in bad condition October 28, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed the contents of the book, but I was very disappointed with its physical condition. The pages were of uneven size and appeared to be cut with a blunt edge. Not a book to be put on your display bookshelf...
Enlightened October 27, 2008
I found this work to be enlightening and curious. I would recommend this book and the CD's to anyone who has an open mind and wants to really understand social strata and sociology anomalies. It is makes you thing how many more trends have occurred and we have been misdiagnosing there real cause. Get the book, listen to the CD and keep an open mind.
Very interesting, but also very biased October 26, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Five stars for the quality of writing as far as interest and readability, as well as good awareness of the misuse of statistics. Three stars for bias, and ironically, the misuse of statistics.
An Intellectual Snack October 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you have ever been curious as to how Sumo wrestlers cheat or if you wanted to know the details of how abortion has reduced crime then this snippet of easy to read economics is for you. The flashy, colorful and fun examples were obviously written for the layman. The details are limited though cataloged appropriately so each can be looked up if the reader wants to dive deeper elsewhere. There is a hint of political told-you-so in some of the stories that debunk conventional wisdom concerning crime rates and class structure but they would hardly be offensive to interested onlookers. The freak in me loves it when an author says, "You might want to skip this section," because that is usually when the story gets good. In terms of entertainment, Freakonomics was worth the taste and since you can swallow it whole in a couple days there really isn't any good reason not to open wide.
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