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A Review of Freakonomics John DiNardo aims of Hogben and Einstein are very different. For both Hogben and Einstein popularization is about a special type of engagement with non–specialists. Popularization is not “a necessary (albeit low–status) educational activity of simplifying” which proceeds from the view that “genuine sci-
People I (Mostly) Admire. Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions. Join Levitt as he goes through the most interesting midlife crisis you’ve ever heard — and learn how a renegade sheriff is transforming Chicago’s jail, how a biologist is finding the secrets of evolution in the Arctic ...
Oct 1, 2010 · Published Oct 1, 2010. Matt's review of Freakonomics, a documentary directed by Seth Gordon, Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecki, and Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Cheating sumo wrestlers ...
Our review: Parents say ( 1 ): Kids say ( 3 ): As good as such wonky material can get, Freakonomics is an admirable attempt at discourse, relying not just on the printed page but also visuals. In many ways, it succeeds: The four main segments are weighty, interesting, and, yes, sometimes controversial, including Levitt's theory that legalized ...
Dec 2, 2010 · Freakonomics – review. It was a brilliant book about underlying causes that few had noticed – but as a documentary, it's rather too pleased with itself, says Xan Brooks. A roster of ...
Oct 20, 2009 · Steven David Levitt is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels (along with Stephen J. Dubner).Levitt was the winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal for his work in the field of crime, and is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago as well as the Faculty Director and Co-Founder ...
Aug 25, 2009 · “Provocative… eye-popping.” (New York Times Book Review: Inside the List) “If Indiana Jones were an economist, he’d be Steven Levitt… Criticizing Freakonomics would be like criticizing a hot fudge sundae.” (Wall Street Journal) “The guy is interesting!” (Washington Post Book World) “The funkiest study of statistical mechanics ever by a world-renowned economist...
