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Freakonomics Book Report

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything On April 2005, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything became one of the best-seller books, book of the year, and won a variety of other awards. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything was written by an award-winning economist, Steven D. Levitt and a former editor and writer of the New York Times Magazine, Stephen J. Dubner. In this book the author and co-author tackle well known examples and basic principles that reveal just how the world works. Throughout the book the authors discuss unrelated topics such as Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers to the Ku Klux Klan and Real-Estate Agents. Steven D. Levitt born …show more content…

In conclusion, with Business Administration being my major and Economics being my minor I would say this book not only helped but also motivated me into looking forward to what 's to come and what to expect. Throughout high school I always heard the name Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and how great of a book it was, I always heard great recommendations about the book . It wasn 't until Economics class senior year in high school when I finally got a hold of a copy of the book but never actually read it. Now that I have it was worth the wait and was everything I expected it to be. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything was very thoughtful and reached the minds of the readers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything compared many unrelated topics and found a way in which they could relate to one another. I would give this book a five out five because of its content and the way the authors Levitt and Dubner have set it out and just picking those topics that no one knew could have a similar relation. Now after reading this book I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in reading a book with a few bonus 's on secrets to topic they may think don 't

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