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  • Why the Free Market Works and Freaky Theories Don't
  • By: John R. Lott Jr.
  • Narrated by: Brian Emerson
  • Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
  • 2.3 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)
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Summary

As the blockbuster best-seller Freakonomics demonstrated, economics can explain everything - from why people behave the way they do to how governments and businesses organize themselves. But are the basic assumptions and conclusions in Freakonomics true? Does the free market usually lead to unintended and negative consequences? Quite the opposite, says John Lott, who holds a Ph.D. in economics. In fact, says Lott, a wide range of fascinating and peculiar case studies prove the simple adage that if something is more costly, people will do less of it. And, in a refutation of Freakonomics' most controversial idea, Lott shows why legalized abortion leads to family breakdown, which leads to more crime.
©2007 John R. Lott, Jr, Ph.D (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.

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Poor

Not a good listen and not that good a position economically. Not something I would recommend at all

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Unbelievable

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The content is not credible. Essentially it is mainly a counter argument to Freakonomics.

Would you ever listen to anything by John R. Lott again?

No

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Not the issue

What character would you cut from Freedomnomics?

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Any additional comments?

If you believe this then you would believe that the greedy people and corporations of this world are all working with the best of intentions and full justified.

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nonsense

self contradictory, syllogistic, misogynistic, short sighted nonsense.
always worth reading political views against your own but when a erudite five year old can demolish the arguments you know it's a poor narrative.

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I enjoyed it

I actually meant to buy 'Freakonomics' but didn't have my glasses when I ordered this. This is largely a polemic of Freakonomics and my first thought is that it has saved me the hassle of actually reading it.
A lot of this is looks at what Freakonomics says and then explores the topic in more depth, usually with the result that its authors were a couple of 'chancers' (my words, meant affectionately) that reliably only presented a choice selection of facts.

I particularly like the range of subjects discussed. I had no idea, for example, of how the Swedish government went about indoctrination in its schools.

There was clearly lots of background reading and interesting quotes, suggesting that the author was very credible.

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  • 19-09-12

Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Freak

What a right wing / tea party piece of rubbish!



This book is the worst book i've download!

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