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Over the last week, I read Steven D. Levitt’s book, Freakonomics.

I am not a math person. I don’t get excited over statistics. And I generally turn the channel when ‘top economists’ are talking.

Despite that, I loved this book.

When an author compares the corporate structure of McDonalds to the hierarchy of gangs, I’m in. He talks about everything from cheating teachers, to poverty, to baby names and somehow it all makes perfect sense.

I did struggle a bit with his stance that the legalization of abortion reduced crime rates 20 years later because unwanted children, who would eventually grow up to be criminals, were aborted. That’s a bit of a stretch.

Levitt encourages readers to look through the surface of information and *gasp* use your brain. It’s a fascinating read.