The best comment yet on Superfreakonomics: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2009/10/superfreakonomics-on-climate.html
> Roger said... > > Freakonomics is simply freshwater economics - Becker dumbed down. I don't > understand the attention they receive. If you want monstrous stuff > masquerading as contrarianism, go to Becker himself. He'll supply it in > full, starting with babies as commodities in the baby market. > > This is what happens when a certain mathematical talent is grafted onto > severe emotional dysfunction. It is the reason that Levitt and Dubner, > whenever they want a giggle, throw in a remark about prostitutes - and if > they are raped or assaulted, they find that even more giggleworthy. Even > Beavis and Butthead knew that wasn't cool. > -raghu. -- "As a matter of fact, no, I don't have a life."
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