Freakonomics, Entertaining and Full of Surprise
I just finished reading Freakonomics, revised and expanded edition one. The subtitle says what it is all about, a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. Let me tell you something, the book has no single unifying theme, rather it looks like a compilation of Levitt’s (the author) observation of some “seems to be not so important” data which resulted in surprising, and absolutely, interesting discoveries.
I saw this book for the first time in Gramedia last year. My curiosity was aroused when seeing its strange title, then I secretly opened its plastic cover to see what is inside. In first chapter, he raised one unasked question: “What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common?”. I was so interested to know the answer but my empty wallet did not allow me to buy it.
I moved to Budapest, searched for Freakonomics in some English bookstores (off course after putting some money inside my wallet) but what I heard from stores’ assistants was always “sold out”. Two weeks ago, I visited my sister in Vienna and, as chance would have it, I found it in one bookstore there.
What are there in other chapters?
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