Title: Freak-o-tistics
Product review: This surely is not the Economics that I grew up with. This easy to read book draws some fascinating conclusions, many of which have been discussed in other reviews. However, I'm not sure that this is Economics at all. By my dictionary, Economics is defined as "the science of the production, distribution, and consumption of comodities." (Concise American Heritage Dictionary). Other than oblique references as to how to get ahead in a crack ring, this is not touched on at all.This book is about the use of statistics, plain and simple. Statistics can be molded to derive most any conclusion. Levitt makes interesting use of statistics to come up with unusual conclusions. But this is not Economics. All that Levitt is advocating is for us to think outside the box and see beyond our foregone conclusions. This is a valuable lesson, but certainly nothing new.I can see why this is a best seller - it is very simple to read and it is very clever. But that is all. Nothing more.
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