Freakonomics
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I first noticed the problem when I read Freakonomics. It’s another great book on sociology, written by a science-minded journalist (Stephen Dubner) and a story-minded economist (Steven Levitt), with nice stories and backed by convincing data.
on longform.asmartbear.com · 6 Feb 2008 · Report
Here are ten very different books I like that are fun enough that you would not be embarrassed (well, not too embarrassed) reading them at the beach: Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers Paul Krugman, Peddling Prosperity Steven Landsburg, The Armchair Economist P.J. O'Rourke, Eat the Rich Burton Malkiel, A Random Walk Down Wall Street Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff, Thinking Strategically Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics John McMillan, Reinventing the Bazaar William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch, Lives of the Laureates
on gregmankiw.blogspot.com · 10 May 2006 · Report