That’s because Economics is actually boring. Disputes are over how to measure inflation or unemployment exactly, not the exciting things in Freakonomics.
I think the thing about whether someone’s name is “ethnic” sounding having an impact on hiring has some research behind it, as well as other aspects of racial and ethnic discrimination. How much someone’s name impacts other areas of their lives, idk.
I mean, yeah. It was written specifically to be accessible and fluffy. Like none of the non-academic share of the population is qualified or capable of digesting and actual treatment of economics.
Basically Freakonomics is kind of bullshit, make you feel smart, fluff.
That’s because Economics is actually boring. Disputes are over how to measure inflation or unemployment exactly, not the exciting things in Freakonomics.
Yeah, except the exciting things in Freakonomics are pretty much just correlations. There’s no research done to see if there is any cause.
I think the thing about whether someone’s name is “ethnic” sounding having an impact on hiring has some research behind it, as well as other aspects of racial and ethnic discrimination. How much someone’s name impacts other areas of their lives, idk.
I mean, yeah. It was written specifically to be accessible and fluffy. Like none of the non-academic share of the population is qualified or capable of digesting and actual treatment of economics.