Freak a what???!!!!

Read this book called "Freakanomics". Its basically 2 economists gone crazy. They investigate absolutely anything under the sun. They play with numbers like it were child's play and make"conventional wisdom" look like Ganguly playing a short ball ( for the lesser mortals that was a metaphor for FOOLISH).

Their research is brilliant. The chapter comparing school teachers and sumo wrestlers is very interesting. They go on to compare McDonalds and drug runners, how both of them have a similar corporate structure. The most intereseting is how they compare the birth of nylon and crack cocaine.

Its a quick read, very interesting and quite funny. For idiots like me who thought economics and economists were boring the book is a definite eye opener. I wanted to become an economist after I read the book. Not quite actually.

Anyway, you could check out the author's blog at http://www.freakonomics.com/blog.php



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