Books : Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Rating: - Qucik read, makes you question everything
I bought this book for my Kindle. I read most of it while on the DC metro and I was pleased to find a gal sitting next to me reading the actual book. It is a good one. It will have you questioning most facts and figures you see on a daily basis. I already do not trust the media and this book only made it worse. But, it was lots of fun to read and it really helped me understand how what you think is true on the surface may not really be. I recommend this book in conjuction with "Sway; The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior" They really compliment each other.

-Off to my reading spot!

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Rating: - Gives a different perspective of economics.
Crazyman's Economics

I think it's interesting book and one that people should read to give them a new perspective of economics that doesn't put them to sleep. While one can certainly question some of the conclusions they draw, it starts a debate that isn't limited to academic snobs trying to "out-intellectualize" each other.

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Rating: - the standard biography
Clearly this is the best biography yet written about ex-Mass governor Mitt Romney. Dubner and Levitt somehow got access to the scientists who designed Romney and the laboratory where he was built. Equally fascinating was the process of their deciding what "family" to build for Romney--for instance, beyond constructing the no-brainer wooden, statuesque wife, whether to build him sons, or daughters. In the end, the scientists confidentially concede their surprise and disappointment that Romney, once launched, proved to be even more robotic than he was programmed to be.

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Rating: - Interesting Read
Easy read, informative and interesting. Well worth the money as the author puts a spin on many interesting common day occurrences. A fine addition to my library.

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Rating: - Economics Made Easy - Nothing Short of Captivating!
This book is plainly entertaining. These two authors bring many unrelated situations into juxtaposition, and find the thread that binds them both. And when they do, you will probably chuckle to yourself for not noticing it earlier. And you find that you can do that with many other events that occur in and out of your own life.

Sumo wrestlers and high-school teachers: what do they have in common? They both cheat. And so the basic premise of the book is: every human being is motivated by incentives. Economics studies the workings of this drive that human beings have.

But even with this, the book doesn't seem to have an overarching view of any sort. It's like a collage of observations that an economist with a very good sense of humor and an unorthodox view of the world makes together with a willing journalist who comes along for the ride. Which is probably why this book is simply one of a kind.