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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, she must Patriotic suicide Why buy life insurance
May 10th, 2010 at 6:17 am
I had to laugh when I read some negative reviews. Listen to people not intended as a textbook, nor is it as written, thankfully. I have read the two books. Super Freakonomics is a good exercise in critical thinking (which is always painful kick in the era of American Idol, children, thanks to our rotten state schools and Playstation), it makes you think of many “truths” that we take for granted. For example, this book really made me change some of my thoughts on global warming. The book is super interesting and full of information that would be difficult in typical daily reading to find, and “gender” in the fields of micro-and behavioral economics. One of the points (made without mercy) is the way (especially the government complex) facing up, the solutions to economic problems, if cheaper, simpler solutions are often available, and a good book work and offers many examples of these seem to prefer. Is there a definitive word on the many topics covered in the warranty? N – again, not a textbook, but it was definitely worth the time to read, I spent – I hated The Casting.
Rating: 5.5
May 10th, 2010 at 7:38 am
Seduced by the authors ingenious and novel take on the seemingly banal, I was a fan of Freakonomics. If I do in the fear of Levitt and Dubner brilliant guesses, then I was trying my newly discovered “Economist” sense of thinking in my own world. apply />
The strength of the unifying elements varies greatly between sections, some of which are surprisingly weak to meet highly. There are some well written parts, much of the book with little things, long submerged, only marginally related to tangents.
Superfreakonomics My main complaint about is that the authors have developed a taste for controversy. The first book was dear to me, just because he was a secular, but Superfreakonomics persists on current issues and even attempted to present solutions. In any case, this approach has become polarized, than by the lack of consensus among readers, and I think as a thinly veiled attempt to sell books. While this is true in the author’s interest, I felt cheated.
In general, I have mixed feelings about Superfreakonomics. The conclusion was fun, and so were some of the other bits in the human altruism, and monkeys with money that he had not heard of. IV before (a company that figures prominently in this book), but I am certainly more to find work. Unfortunately, because the authors chose to leave most of the elements, the first book so adorable, this second coming there was a big disappointment. I’m not one to rail against rational thought, and that is how the authors stated in their analysis, but I’m not jumping to conclusions either. Superfreakonomics in my opinion, is the result of indigestion authors after bite off more than he could chew.
Rating: 5.2
May 10th, 2010 at 9:58 am
If you liked Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner,
this love track. . . It is similar in format, there is a new />
But, as suggested by the catchy subtitle, there a lot of new things, too: should
global cooling, prostitutes patriotic suicide bombers WHY
buy life insurance. . . the chapter titles and descriptions
it follows that also wants to know the answers to such provocative questions as
What really counts for the male female wage gap? How can you say that a physician
good of a bad doctor? How much good do car seats are not? /> And much more.
There were many passages that really has me shaking my head at />
* The U.S. Smile Train charity, the cleft repair surgery leads to poor children around the world
recently spent some time in Chennai, India. When a man asked how many local children
had, like him, “said one.” The organization
later learned that the man has a son – but also had five daughters, who apparently does not guarantee />
2 €. 50 to stifle a little girl born with a malformation gap – and, by the
attract incentives for good cause, the love of midwives began offering up to $ 10 per child
; baby, she took in a hospital for surgery of cleft.
* Title IX but also brought bad news for women. When the law was passed, more
is that 90 percent of the women’s teams of the university’s sports coach of the women. Title IX />
How nice humble food, the “discovered” by the culinary elite and />
number of new clients: men. These days, almost 40 percent of college women
sports teams are managed by women. The most obvious coaching job in women’s sports are
in the National Basketball Association Women (WNBA) was founded thirteen years
be a consequence of the lords of the NBA. At this writing, the WNBA has 13 teams and />
And then there was the little things that made me rethink some />
* Consider the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was intended to safeguard
workers with disabilities from discrimination. A noble intention, right? Of course – but the />
According to the law of the ADA, employers were concerned about what would not be able to discipline or fire in
the working poor, the disabled, who had avoided hiring workers
the first place.
I also liked the careful documentation (36 pages) and also that no />
the book as “Notes”, which is something I want more.
My only disappointment was the chapter about global warning. . . Levitt and Dubner
shot at Al Gore, which of course is their right to do so. . .
But Before long the ideas of the scientist / entrepreneur />
in something, even for work not detected.
Rating: 5.5
May 10th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I enjoyed this book. It sheds light on why I bother studying for a degree in economics from the University. Yes, the economy can be fun. It is a pity is that there is a bum rap. Why is a dismal science?
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner wrote a book fun and easy to read. It’s full of quirky anecdotes and stories, without deviating seriously from the science of microeconomics, which is its base. The two Steves have investigated a number of issues in prostitution in the street at my hospital deaths in the 19the century, global warming and how to resolve if, indeed, there is a problem. It is this last point that I was particularly fond. Global warming has become a modern religion. It has its own dogma and turns a blind eye to anyone who “rules” question. I’m pretty sure that in due time, global warming has been resolved, but is not approved by the naive and solutions cack, the Greens are presented. It’s the economy, the bailout comes. This has always been the history of the world, and I see no reason why this should change now.
Perhaps the nicest feature “SuperFreakonomics” (and its predecessor “Freakonomics”) is that it brings to the economy of the kingdom of stuffy ivory tower professors and their theories and arcane formulas. On the contrary, the economy as something to enjoy. This is the real strength of the book. I can only hope that this technique Economy has presented a wider audience.
However, before the end, I wonder what the “case study” amused me more. I think it was the history of travel in New York and how the horses caused more deaths per capita than cars. Ironically, the car then by some as the devil’s work, taking into account the fact, has been a great liberator of mankind. Yes, “SuperFreakonomics” is a great read. Read y. Enjoy
Rating: 5.5
May 10th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Nothing to do with his first book, which was fun and instructive, this book is boring and stilted, even misleading. For example, the title of the first chapter: “How is a prostitute from the street as a department store Santa?” The answer is “Both have an employment opportunity in the short term by increased holiday demand. Are you kidding? This is the title and the answer to a chapter of 40 pages? Almost all the questions the book are as flap misleading experienced by a reader after trailing by a lot of careful and tedious testing. Basically, all these questions seem interesting just a ploy to buy the reader and read the book have been disappointing.
This leads me to my original question: “How do Dudner Levitt and how late at night Seller Ginsu knife? “And the answer has to be able to use both devices, that their products are better than they really are to convince
But of course now Levitt and Dubner learn the basic economic law of all cruel and practice: laughing all the way to the bank!
Rating: 5.2
June 3rd, 2010 at 9:20 am
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