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Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

by Caroline Tirona, Circulation on 2025-07-22T00:00:00-04:00 | 0 Comments

This book reads like solving a riddle of finding the hidden reasons behind controversial matters and things that you do not normally think about. Answers for some questions seem simple at first, but if one digs deeper into them or research extensively, one would be surprised as to what they would find.

This book presents multiple questions, and some would be:

Would you rather drive or fly? Which one would you fear less and why?

Which is a better parent: one who practices tough love -- who lets babies cry -- or one who avoid avoids situations where their child would get into temper tantrums (aka one of the "spoilers")?

Which one is safer: having a gun in the house or a swimming pool?

And there were so many more scenarios and real-life situations brought up and examined thoroughly, using data and real stories, to expose hidden truths. It is a good read if you like to think -- and sometimes overthink.


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