Kyle Harrison
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Freakonomics

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Author
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Published
2005
Pages
320
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: Incentives as a universal solvent, applied to sumo wrestlers, real-estate agents, the Ku Klux Klan and the fall in American crime — the book that made applied microeconomics a popular genre.

Where I heard about it

  • My own bookshelf — a book I own but have not read: the literal anti-library case, bought and shelved rather than recommended.

Connections

  • Books To Read — the Apple Note this shelf transcription came from.