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Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics (Paperback, 2007, Penguin Books Ltd (UK))

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Which is more dangerous, a gun …

Review of 'Freakonomics' on 'Goodreads'

It's interesting, but has a basic problem. One of the premises of the book is that you should question conventional wisdom - that 'what everyone knows' tends to be glib and simplistic and could be just plain wrong. But the examples of his own theories, though they may spring from a rigorous methodology, once distilled into a chapter of a book become glib and simplistic. And could well be just plain wrong.