matthewwester 's review for:

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

3.0

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Yeah, I'll give this book a solid 3.5 stars. It's effective in what it sets out to accomplish: in an accessible, friendly way, to show (through economic strategies) random topics in a refreshing new light. I don't get the sense the book is trying to be an exhaustive economic treatise. It's just some light fun, meant to broaden the average reader's understanding of the world by pointing out some unexpected causes/correlations.