Title: Another Direction to Look!
Product review: This book shows you that if you have data, you can answer every possible question with the right algorithm. The difference of the book is Mr.Levitt asks absurd questions and gets very different answers than conventional wisdom. Are his answers correct? I convinced with some of them but not all. The most controversial one is the crime rate vs. abortion. When you read his arguments it looks logical but according to his theory crime rate declined and never will go up again. Because all potential criminals will get abortion. So we can not explain last 2 years crime rate increase with his theory. I think economic conditions plays more important role than he thinks.On the other hand I totally agree on perfect parenting and cheating chapter.We need more people like him asking absurd questions and answers them scientifically, correct or not. As a courios reader, this book one of the essential of your library.
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