TY - JOUR
T1 - Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, New York, William Morrow, 2005
AU - Azar, OH
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - Bestsellers are rarely written by academic economists. Freakonomics, however, written by Steven D. Levitt of the University of Chicago (who recently won the John Bates Clark Medal), together with the New York Times journalist and author Stephen J. Dubner, is currently ranked fourth in Amazon.com sales rank. This raises the question, what can an economist say that is so interesting that so many people want to read it? As you might imagine, the book is neither on real business cycles, nor on advances in auction theory. It is on topics that are not mainstream economics.
AB - Bestsellers are rarely written by academic economists. Freakonomics, however, written by Steven D. Levitt of the University of Chicago (who recently won the John Bates Clark Medal), together with the New York Times journalist and author Stephen J. Dubner, is currently ranked fourth in Amazon.com sales rank. This raises the question, what can an economist say that is so interesting that so many people want to read it? As you might imagine, the book is neither on real business cycles, nor on advances in auction theory. It is on topics that are not mainstream economics.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01102_7.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01102_7.x
M3 - Book/Arts/Article review
SN - 0013-0133
VL - 116
SP - F335-F336
JO - Economic Journal
JF - Economic Journal
IS - 512
ER -