Freak Onomics

About the Book: Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side Of Everything

Assume nothing, question everything. This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubners rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyones view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon. "Prepare to be dazzled." (Malcolm Gladwell). "A sensation...youll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?" (Sunday Telegraph). "Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next." (Wall Street Journal). "Dazzling...a delight." (Economist). "Made me laugh out loud." (Scotland on Sunday).

About the Author: Steven D. Levitt

Steven D. Levitt (Author) Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark medal, given to the most influential American economist under the age of fo...