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Freakonomics (2006, HarperTorch) 2 stars

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo …

Review of 'Freakonomics' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Lots of interesting snippets of statistical research, but short on the actual statistics. It describes the conclusions, but doesn't go into a lot of depth or provide much data supporting them. The air of argument by assertion is strengthened by the chapter headings praising Levitt. It gives the feeling that the argument doesn't stand on its own, so we need to be told how smart Levitt is by experts.