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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 330 EAN: 9780141019017 Format: Import ISBN: 0141019018 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2006-01-01 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Started at 5 stars, then... Comment: Like being at a nerdy cocktail party playing "Seven Degrees of Kevin Bacon" with statistics, but without the cocktails. Great hook with the speculation that legalizing abortion resulted in decreased crime rate, but downhill from there as the comparisons become more labored and tedious. Couldn't bring myself to finish it. Customer Rating: Summary: Ok at best Comment: Decent but the cool title probably has as much or more to do with this books popularity than anything. Customer Rating: Summary: Awesonomics Comment: This book is a great book for anyone interested in economics. It takes you on a journey of unexpected correlations and defies conventional wisdom. The book shows you truths you never would of expected or thought of with bamboozling statistics and data. It is an easy, enjoyable book for ages 18-168. Also the book is not very long and keeps you entertained. Levitt and Dubner team up to be an awesome duo and they are by far some awesome economists. I high recommend it. Enough Said. Customer Rating: Summary: Must Own Comment: Everyone and anyone should own this book. Humorous insight to the world from an economic point of view without using the wordy terminology. Customer Rating: Summary: A cool brain teaser Comment: Want to look smart at a party? Need a perfect ice-breaker? Want to be witty and charming by "spontaneously" sharing few interesting and/but weird facts with your colleagues? This is a book for you. It offers totally new insight to the facts that might seem to have nothing in common from the first glance, is witty and captivating - great book to relax on your free time, but still, with getting some intelectual stimulation. My personal favourite chapter is about how names "determine" kid's future. Want to know more? You'll have to read it.