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Freakonomics Book Summary

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Freakonomics Book Summary, by Chapter

Buy This Book – Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

Freakonomics By Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner is based on four fundamental ideas:

  1. Incentives are the cornerstone of modern life.
  2. Conventional wisdom is often wrong.
  3. Dramatic effects often have distant, even subtle, causes.
  4. “Experts” use their informational advantage to serve their own interests. (more…)