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A review by pris_asagiri
Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
3.0
Awesome! Very excited to learn that this is coming out. Getting my copy autographed too. (Yes, I am a nerd.)
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01/31/2010
I thoroughly enjoyed this second book from the Stevens/Stephens. It was full of facts and statistics that I love. I thought it was a bit more controversial than the first, but maybe it's because these issues hit a little closer to home than the first one did.
The book lagged a bit in the beginning for me, but the ending picked up nicely. I found it fascinating the different types of geoengineered inventions that are being bandied about. I like how one of the scientists/economists said it's like the fire extinguisher. You don't stop trying to prevent fires, but you definitely want it around in case there is one. It's not that we should stop trying to be more ecologically friendly, but we SHOULD be looking for tools that can actually work if things do get so out of hand. And I would say that modeling such tools after what mother nature does all on her own, isn't such a bad idea. And if you can do it inexpensively, then the problem again is what?!
I hope these guys continue putting these books out. I've never been so interested in microeconomics before but it is a fascinating field. And behavioral economics is also very interesting too. (The monkey story at the end was hilarious.)
***
01/31/2010
I thoroughly enjoyed this second book from the Stevens/Stephens. It was full of facts and statistics that I love. I thought it was a bit more controversial than the first, but maybe it's because these issues hit a little closer to home than the first one did.
The book lagged a bit in the beginning for me, but the ending picked up nicely. I found it fascinating the different types of geoengineered inventions that are being bandied about. I like how one of the scientists/economists said it's like the fire extinguisher. You don't stop trying to prevent fires, but you definitely want it around in case there is one. It's not that we should stop trying to be more ecologically friendly, but we SHOULD be looking for tools that can actually work if things do get so out of hand. And I would say that modeling such tools after what mother nature does all on her own, isn't such a bad idea. And if you can do it inexpensively, then the problem again is what?!
I hope these guys continue putting these books out. I've never been so interested in microeconomics before but it is a fascinating field. And behavioral economics is also very interesting too. (The monkey story at the end was hilarious.)