SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
Ranked #2 in Global Warming, Ranked #6 in Microeconomics — see more rankings.
Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of SuperFreakonomics from the world's leading experts.
Malcolm Gladwell Writer & JournalistRecommends this book
Bill Gates CEO/MicrosoftI recommend this book to anyone who reads nonfiction. It is very well written and full of great insights. (Source)
Daymond John Founder/FUBURecommends this book
Fabrice Grinda I have lots of books to recommend, but they are not related to my career path. The only one that is remotely related is Peter Thiel’s Zero to One. That said here are books I would recommend. (Source)
Keith Slotter These two gentlemen wrote the first book several years ago and SuperFreakonomics just came out. The books are very interesting on crime theory. Their theories are controversial. For example, they link a decrease in crime to the legalisation of abortion. In a nutshell they say that abortion stopped a whole new generation of criminals from being born. And that is because they say abortion is most prominent among the lowest class people. That is, of course, not a politically correct statement to make, but when you go through their numbers and what they have done, sadly there rings a strong sound... (Source)
Rankings by Category
SuperFreakonomics is ranked in the following categories:
- #20 in Analysis
- #40 in Behavior
- #11 in Behavioral Economics
- #27 in Behavioral Psychology
- #99 in Bestseller
- #23 in Business Economics
- #78 in Business Motivation
- #88 in Business Strategy
- #43 in Culture
- #40 in Current Affairs
- #49 in Documentaries
- #14 in Economics
- #86 in Finance
- #34 in How Things Work
- #49 in Human Physiology
- #33 in International Business
- #96 in Money
- #54 in Nerdy
- #49 in Popular
- #23 in Social
- #34 in Social Psychology
- #32 in Social Sciences
- #42 in Sociology
- #14 in Statistics
- #77 in Thought
- #31 in Trade
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