Honors Book Report "Freakonomics"

Freakanomics Book Report

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, and Stephen J. Dubner, Published by William Morrow , April 12, 2005 in New York.
The reason I chose this book, is because though I’ve read it before, I read it again to refresh my memory in the exact details between economics and moral society. The book doesn’t have a setting as it is a book that explains what drives people to do anything in modern society, but the book’s description of where the events in history take place is placed in recent 1900’s to the recent millennium.
The book revolves around a lot of mathematics and statistics of past events in recent history where people with incentives will do anything to make money and how money is the driving force in today’s society. It talks from why drug dealers still live with their parents, to how sumo wrestlers are similar to the KKK in terms of financial management. It also talks about how honest people are based on the social pressures that are placed on individuals and how cheating come from the strength of the incentives, usually involving money in some way.
Freakonomics was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The book’s analysis of the data and facts that revolve around each scenario is very well thought out and lets the reader understand the countless information they present with their conclusions.