| This is one extremely entertaining book which will | | | | There are problems with the book as well, as the |
| seem like an intellectual adventure for you (the | | | | earlier part of the book is very fast moving and a |
| book is not without its problems, but we can | | | | fun read. After that, it's more of an attempt to |
| safely ignore those). The author, Steven D. Levitt, | | | | create a longer version of the book. The |
| is great at questioning conventional wisdoms. At | | | | arguments put forward are tight, but not |
| the same time, he takes the help of traditional | | | | comprehensive enough, and other points of view |
| tools he learned while studying economics to find | | | | have been simply brushed aside. The authors say |
| answers to these very questions he is asking. | | | | the crime rate has declined due to the decision |
| The way he answers these questions is | | | | taken by Roe v Wade, but only national factors |
| interesting and engaging, and that's precisely the | | | | have been analyzed in this piece. It would have |
| reason the readers feel captivated the moment | | | | been great if the author had compared the data |
| they start reading. | | | | of various cities and could have taken into |
| Provocative, Interesting and Reasoned Answers | | | | account the crime data disparities across various |
| The answers to his own questions as developed | | | | regions. |
| by Steven D. Levitt are provocative, interesting | | | | No Grey Areas... Just One Right Answer |
| and reasoned at the same time. Your own opinion | | | | The general tendency to provide one right |
| whether you are ready to pay the money for | | | | answer for the problem is dominant throughout |
| the book or not, depends on your own perception | | | | the book. There is no attempt to provide a deep |
| of the problems raised by Steven D. Levitt. | | | | insight into the problem or complicated factors |
| Contrary to what the name of the book says, | | | | behind it. His conclusions have (in many cases) |
| the author Steven D. Levitt is not a rogue | | | | managed to offend everyone concerned. In his |
| economist; he uses the same tools the | | | | study and conclusions on crime rate, some |
| conventional economists use, though the book he | | | | thought this was an attempt to promote abortion, |
| writes is very much a mainstream book. He is | | | | whereas the liberals sensed there was some |
| one of the most respected economists in his own | | | | racism in the arguments. Steven D. Levitt |
| peer group also. | | | | questions the conventional boundaries of thinking, |
| The Arguments Given Are Tight | | | | that too successfully. |