Book Review – Freakonomics
In Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, the authors discuss a fascinating combination of popular culture and economic theories, making Keynesian economics palatable for the modern sensibility. Looking at various subjects through an economic lens, the authors of Freakanomics essentially state that incentives play a vital part in our interactions with each other, especially with regards to economics. This book is about more than how our economy works – it is about how the world works when viewed as a series of exchanges and incentives. This book is largely in line with my own thoughts, ...