Title: Hype-onomics
Product review: Okay, it's interesting enough, not a bad read, some compelling ideas, but this has got to be the most self-congratulatory book ever. It's about a brilliant "noetic butterfly" (really, that's the smooch the author gives the economist) who shocks the establlishment, and the brilliant journalist who gains his trust and respect, and then the brilliant journalist quotes his own brilliant articles about the brilliant economist and calls that a book. It's a little insulting how we're supposed to be blown away by these mavericks. I'll give them credit for making science sexy, for making economics and statistics seem like valid tools, but please, fellas, a little humility, a little less marketing, and, if you really need to make out this much, get a room.
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