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Steven Levitt has the most interesting mind in America, and reading Freakonomics is like going for a leisurely walk with him on a sunny summer day, as he waves his fingers in the air and turns everything you once thought to be true inside out. Prepare to be dazzled. --Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers, The Tipping Point, and Blink on FREAKONOMICS
[Levitt and Dubner's] clever juxtapositions, the way they consistently mine illuminating truths by contrasting seemingly unrelated topics, is what makes Freakonomics a romp of a read. . . . Freakonomics is a splendid book, full of unlikely but arresting historical details that distinguish the authors from the run of pop social scientists. --New York Times on FREAKONOMICS
If Indiana Jones were an economist, he d be Steven Levitt. . . . Mr. Levitt is famous not as a master of dry technical arcana but as a maverick treasure hunter who relies for success on his wit, pluck and disregard for conventional wisdom. His genius is to take a seemingly meaningless set of numbers, ferret out the telltale pattern and recognize what it means . . . Freakonomics reads like a detective novel. . . . Criticizing Freakonomics would be like criticizing a hot fudge sundae. --Wall Street Journal on FREAKONOMICS
[Levitt and Dubner's] clever juxtapositions, the way they consistently mine illuminating truths by contrasting seemingly unrelated topics, is what makes Freakonomics a romp of a read. . . . Freakonomics is a splendid book, full of unlikely but arresting historical details that distinguish the authors from the run of pop social scientists. --New York Times on FREAKONOMICS
If Indiana Jones were an economist, he d be Steven Levitt. . . . Mr. Levitt is famous not as a master of dry technical arcana but as a maverick treasure hunter who relies for success on his wit, pluck and disregard for conventional wisdom. His genius is to take a seemingly meaningless set of numbers, ferret out the telltale pattern and recognize what it means . . . Freakonomics reads like a detective novel. . . . Criticizing Freakonomics would be like criticizing a hot fudge sundae. --Wall Street Journal on FREAKONOMICS
Présentation de l'éditeur
The most highly anticipated book of the year: Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's blockbuster follow-up to FREAKONOMICS. In 2005, FREAKONOMICS exploded like a bomb on the culture, forever changing the way we understand the way the world works, how we really make decisions, and ... how we name our children. After more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list, three million copies sold, and single-handedly inventing a genre of books, University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times writer Stephen Dubner now return with SUPERFREAKONOMICS. Based on entirely new research, it s bigger, more provocative, and ready to challenge the way we think all over again.
