This is a fun book that grew out of a New York Times article a few years back. Steven Levitt is an unconventional economist at the University of Chicago who likes applying economic techniques to unusual questions. Like "why do most drug dealers live at home with their parents?" Answer: you make pretty lousy money selling drugs. (He’s got a bunch of data to support that.
It’s an easy & fun read — none of the stuff in it is super deep or life changing, but it’ll change the way you think about which questions to ask. Thumbs up.
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Aug 30, 16:10 › Craig: Triumph!!! and..... Aug 20, 16:27 › l.m.orchard: +1 to everything you wrote here, including the bits Aug 16, 12:50 › dria: King Crimson is probably more musically/technically Aug 16, 5:32 › Al Jigen Billings: I feel the same way about Trent Reznor and Nine Inch