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1. 1. Freakonomics

   A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

   

   This book explores the hidden side of everything, debunking conventional wisdom and revealing surprising connections between seemingly unrelated things. It uses economic theories to explain social phenomena such as the decrease in crime rates in the 1990s, the impact of a person's name on their life outcomes, and the inner workings of drug gangs. By using data and statistics, it challenges the way people think about the world and encourages them to question the accepted truths in society.

   The 3228th Greatest Book of All Time

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2. 2. Super Freakonomics

   Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

   

   A lively collection of short, data-driven essays that use economics-style thinking and unconventional statistical sleuthing to expose surprising incentives behind everyday and global phenomena; the authors challenge conventional wisdom on topics from crime and health to environmental policy, offer provocative counterintuitive explanations and policy proposals (including discussion of geoengineering and other controversial fixes), and emphasize how careful data analysis can overturn widely held assumptions.

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