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Checking out the film adaptation of this fascinating book!
#Nonfiction #economics

Look what I found hidden away in my new road! 🤩 Love my new area even more now, ha!

“The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Crime didn‘t keep soaring in the 1990s, money alone doesn‘t win elections, and—surprise—drinking eight glasses of water a day has never actually been shown to do a thing for your health. Conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed and devilishly difficult to see through, but it can be done.”

#getyourfreakon

#lilithjuly

Bit obvious this one, but hey ho!

Please bear with me as I update all the books I‘ve read and couldn‘t post until after my college semester finished.
This book is one of my favorites, I loved reading this. The author‘s ability to make economics this interesting and tie it into crime and other aspects that I wouldn‘t otherwise have noticed in an economic perspective is nothing short of fascinating for me. I would love anyone to recommend any book similar to this.

I read this book years ago and was blown away. It‘s wild how the authors can explain so many things that most people have probably never even thought about. It certainly gives you a knew perspective.

#acaseofyou #lilithjuly

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Freakishly mesmerizing

Absolutely freaked out..

@Stacy_31 thanks for the tag!

1. Freakonomics
2. Yes
3. Currently reading the Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book." It comes across as archaic and patriarchal and needs updating. Some of it is relatable and helpful.
4. Maybe a month. Sometimes I can't concentrate when I'm too stressed.
5. @hermyknee @MidnightBookGirl @petersonks15

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

“What if the Feds found out he had them—perhaps he‘d be indicted too? Besides, what was he supposed to do with the data? Despite his #math background, he had long ago stopped thinking in numbers.”
#QuotsyMar19 #31DaysOfNonFiction

The book that put behavioral economics on the map. Full of counter-intuitive ideas.

Finally got around to this little gem! One should definitely read it and try to capture the spirit of curiosity inherent therein.

#NoFemmeber #NonFictionNovember #FreakyFreaks Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner make economics sexy!!! Or so I‘m told 😛 Haven‘t read any but I‘d like too!! I love how the marketing team rebranded the cover for their first book after Freakonomics became such a phenomenon 😂😂

You may not be interested in numbers, or in economics, or in sociology even but still I would recommend to read this book all the same. It is a gem, a masterpiece. It makes me feel proud and amazed as someone who's into data analytics that how surprising and stunning a story data can tell. How a seemingly chaos of numbers can lead to answers to the questions no one even thought of asking!

Good old book.

1. Freakonomics 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. Fantasia 4. Fried food— seriously, I‘ll eat almost anything if it‘s fried #manicMonday @JoScho

"Knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so."
- Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics

#nonfiction #economics #business #science #psychology #freakonomics #quote #stevendlevitt

"If morality represents the ideal world, economics represents the real world"

This book was a wonderful read and just crazy informative. This book gives an untraditional outlook about economics in our life's. It made me retrospect the way I look at the trivial things in life. It had me gobsmacked from the first chapter. Must read for anyone with insatiable curiosity.

Economics with a huge twist. Really interesting stuff and very well written

Real life economics, no BS, no complicated models.

Loved the books, love the podcast.

A great duo of books about the economics of things you don't typically think of as "economic".

#bookandfruit #splashintosummer. I keep meaning to read this one 😀

This was a little out of my comfort zone (I have an aversion to books by "experts"--long story) but it forced me to step out and challenge my thinking. I can see why this has become required reading in college Econ classes.

This book was utterly fascinating, or to borrow Malcom Gladwell's word, dazzling. It tackled so much conventional wisdom in an almost irreverent way, making facts paramount. One of my favorite chapters was the KKK one, not because of the real estate agents but because of how Stetson Kennedy and Superman took them down a notch. The last line of the book was perfect. It left me wanting more! Thank goodness Levitt/Dubner run a podcast and blog too!

After being an avid fan of the Freakonomics podcast, I jumped at the opportunity to pick up the book! Time to explore "the hidden side of everything."

I just tried to put my library card into the ATM. #bookishproblems

4 of 5. If you like Malcolm McDowell, you'll like this. It gets a lot of crap for not having a unifying theme, but just think of it as the short story version of non fiction. Next up? Show Me the Numbers by Stephen Few.

Started this last night....

If you both own a gun and a swimming pool in your backyard, the swimming pool is about 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is.

I read this many years ago. Loved the podcast so jumped at the chance to read the book.

Due to my almost complete lack of bookshelves some of my stacks are horizontal. These beauties were purchased at the Raise-A-Reader booksale. These are still tbr #bookstacks

Thoroughly enjoying Freakonomics and its unique anecdotes!

Most interesting economic book I have ever read.

The extreme job comparisons are phenomenal. Totes worth the read!

Which book to start 🤔 courtesy of @kaitlyn 's haul today 🌟