Superfreakonomics

This book represent how to understand riddles of life from economics perspective. What is freakonomics?

Steven D. Levitt is typical economist. He relates riddles of everyday life with economics. Question like: Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime?

These may not sound like questions for an economist to ask. But, Steven D. Levitt is is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life, from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing, and whose conclusions turn the conventional wisdom on its head.