JIm FUlner reviewed Freakonomics by Steven Levitt
4 stars
The authors did a fairly good job showing that everything is related to everything else. And that Economics isn't just as simple as politicians like to say it is. returnreturnHowever, I still think that sometimes they look for correlation where it may not exist, or some how think the ends justify the means. returnreturnWhile many arguments were good, like all the government regulation we have regarding child safety seats, and cribs and everything are nothing compared to if parents would just play some bloody attention to their kid at the pool. Of course politicians can't create regulations for this, as too many adults like pools and don't want to be told what to do. And that adding a late fee for picking up kids from day care, actually made folks feel better about doing so, as compared to the old shaming from the neighborhood they used to do. returnreturnHowever the …
The authors did a fairly good job showing that everything is related to everything else. And that Economics isn't just as simple as politicians like to say it is. returnreturnHowever, I still think that sometimes they look for correlation where it may not exist, or some how think the ends justify the means. returnreturnWhile many arguments were good, like all the government regulation we have regarding child safety seats, and cribs and everything are nothing compared to if parents would just play some bloody attention to their kid at the pool. Of course politicians can't create regulations for this, as too many adults like pools and don't want to be told what to do. And that adding a late fee for picking up kids from day care, actually made folks feel better about doing so, as compared to the old shaming from the neighborhood they used to do. returnreturnHowever the disturbing argument that the reason the crime rate is as low in the U.S. is because we have abortion on demand, and their are less poor black kids, is disturbing and made me want to be sick.returnreturnA good audio book in all, but be warned.