On this trip to Hyderabad, i bought some books from the book hawkers on the footpaths. The ones i managed to accumulate
The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham
Freakonomics – Steven Levitt
The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid
Straight From The Gut – Jack Welch
Kaoboys of R&AW – B Raman
….and a very sweet friend of mine gifted me “The 80/20 Principle – Richard Koch”
Guess how much the whole stuff cost me? Around 1500 rupees (USD 37 approx). The same books on Amazon would have costed me around USD 150.
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Freakonomics is a fantastic book.
Lots of people though find issue with what Levitt has to say, in particular his association of abortion and crime. But to me, he makes a lot of sense.
On the other hand, I think very little of Jack Welsh.
Freakonomics is something that I am looking for.. since my reading habit was dying down .. i couldnt do much about it yet.. but I am seeing some improvement in myself now … u must write a review after you finish it : ) will wait for that
JB,
yup even though some of the points that Levitt puts forth sound controversial, he does back it up with some solid research.
Sure Dinsan. Will write a review once i finish the book.
I have to agree with JB,, Freakonomics is one of the best science/maths books I’ve read in a long time and makes you think too, always the sign of a good book.