Book Reviews: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores theHidden Side of Everything

doi: https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2006.v11.i2.a11

Sohaib Shahid



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Abstract

Levitt, Steven D., and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2005, pp 356, Price: Hardback $ 27.95. Ever wondered why drug dealers still live with their mothers? Why the United States’ crime rate plummeted to new lows in the 90s? Why did the racist hate group the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) falter as an organized unit in America? What do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? “Why” is something Steven D. Levitt does not cease to question. Levitt along with his amanuensis, Stephen Dubner has written a classic titled, Freakonomics.

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Book review, freakonomics