Freakonomics is a book that looks into economic, social and political changes in the U.S.A, making connections between trends and events in these fields. Levitt and Dubner apply data analysis to correlate seemingly unrelated events, people and occupations. One chapter shows how school teachers and sumo wrestlers share some commonality in terms of their incentive to cheat in order to improve their job security. Interestingly, one of the main themes of the book is that experts are not to be trusted as they also have incentive to give misinformation. Supposedly, these two don't consider themselves experts, or are warning readers not to trust them either!
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
: Steven D. Levitt
: Stephen J. Dubner
Asking questions about human motivation and living and reaching some conclusions, this book aims to be at the heart of things we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams
