http://heliologue.com/2005/10/14/freakonomics/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://heliologue.com/2005/10/14/freakonomics/#comment-30740 A Modest Construct » The Undercover Economist Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:48:45 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/?p=799#comment-30740 [...] The Undercover Economist is the second popular book recently to be written about economics. The first was Freakonomics, which wasn’t really about economics in the sense people normally think of it (Gross Domestic Product, marginal utility, etc.). In that respect, Tim Harford’s book represents a more straightforward look at “economics” in its conventional sense. [...] [...] The Undercover Economist is the second popular book recently to be written about economics. The first was Freakonomics, which wasn’t really about economics in the sense people normally think of it (Gross Domestic Product, marginal utility, etc.). In that respect, Tim Harford’s book represents a more straightforward look at “economics” in its conventional sense. [...]

]]> http://heliologue.com/2005/10/14/freakonomics/#comment-26840 A Modest Construct » Stumbling on Happiness Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:41:56 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/?p=799#comment-26840 [...] I am immediately suspicious of any book which promises to be groundbreaking or controversial. The book’s cover prominently features a quote from a review by Freakonomics author Steven D. Levitt: “Think you know what makes you happy? This absolutely fantastic book will shatter your most deeply held convictions about how the mind works.” As I said in my review of Freakonomics, taglines like “Rogue Economist” are usually marketing ploys to make marginal science sound more appealing to market segments that still prefer to buy products with words like “Xtreme” in the name. [...] [...] I am immediately suspicious of any book which promises to be groundbreaking or controversial. The book’s cover prominently features a quote from a review by Freakonomics author Steven D. Levitt: “Think you know what makes you happy? This absolutely fantastic book will shatter your most deeply held convictions about how the mind works.” As I said in my review of Freakonomics, taglines like “Rogue Economist” are usually marketing ploys to make marginal science sound more appealing to market segments that still prefer to buy products with words like “Xtreme” in the name. [...]

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