Category Archives: economics

The Feminine Mistake

June 3, 2007 – 10:02 am

I first learned about The Feminine Mistake by Leslie Bennetts when I read a review of it in the Washington Post here. Suitably intrigued, I picked it up and read.
The Feminine Mistake darts around like a minnow and continually circles back to a couple of core points. It is a little Momento-ish since each chapter [...]

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Freakonomics

February 13, 2007 – 1:19 pm

While Freakonomics is by some definition an economics book and purists might say that the study of economics has nothing to do with useful math, when I read it all I keep thinking was “lies, damn lies and statistics”.
Admittedly, it is an entertaining book and has been on the NY Times hardcover non-fiction best seller [...]

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