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| Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't | 
 enlarge | Author: John R. Lott Jr.
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (96 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15238
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 1596985062
Dewey Decimal Number: 330.122
EAN: 9781596985063
ASIN: 1596985062
Publication Date: June 4, 2007
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Freedomnomics is everything you wanted to know about the world but didn't know economics could tell you. Economist and bestselling author John Lott shows the logic of free market economics through clear and hard-hitting examples.
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 Freedom-Fries! November 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you think "Freedom-Fries" was an intelligent idea you will appreciate this book. Otherwise....don't bother.
Consider the source November 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This books is a personal attack on Levitt (one of the authors of Freakonomics.) What do you expect from Regnery, logic?
Conservative drivel October 28, 2008
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
The same flawed - and conservatively-biased - thinking that is behind the collapse of our economy. Smart guy with a questionable moral compass. Read and follow it at your own peril.
Freakonomics vs. Freedomnomics September 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Do you think economics is boring? Do you struggle to understand economic principles? If you answered yes to either question, then check out Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. These two economists apply their knowledge to such a wide variety of subjects that it is hard to keep up.
For example, did you ever wonder why drug dealers live with their moms or what schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Levitt and Dubner address these and other equally unusual topics. By applying well-known, basic economic principles to unique circumstances, the authors help readers better appreciate the complex world of money matters. You'll have so much fun reading this book that you won't even realize you're learning something about economics.
Considering the success of Freakonomics (it reached the number two spot on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list), it is not surprising that Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't by John R. Lott, Jr. was published a short time later. Freedomnomics, as the front cover tells us, is a rebuttal to Freakonomics and more. Although not as popular or as well written, Freedomnomics scored points with me because I am a firm believer in capitalism and the free market society. I also found some of Lott's economic research to be intriguing. For instance, in the chapter on women's suffrage and the growth of government, Lott tracks changes in government spending both before and after women finally obtained the right to vote.
Freedomnomics does not rehash all of Levitt and Dubner's material, but it does attempt a point-counterpoint on several topics, including abortion and crime in the United States. Read both books and make your own decision about who is right and who is wrong.
Eyes Glazed Over June 5, 2008
7 out of 23 found this review helpful
I'm all for countering claptrap like "Freakonomics" and I'm sure it's of value that economists take on arcane social issues with arcane data from arcane studies, but one grows weary of seeing the world through the lens of economics, which after all does not, despite the beliefs of some economists, encompass all of life. This book, like so many of its genre, makes the eyes glaze over, as it hammers on the obvious. In contrast to Freakonomics, this book doesn't attempt to impress with cleverness, which is a virtue, but since when does economics become the science of how policemen are selected and assigned to beats? Please go back to monetary and fiscal policy and the virtues of free trade. No one who is not an economist is going to think like an economist or arrive at a framework of action that satisfies an economist. This fact is what gives rise to books like this one in which, despite claims to objectivity, the ideology of the author precedes any analytical approach.
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