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I found useful the part of the house state agent incentives and surprising the facts about crime and the teachers cheating

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The book is endlessly interesting looking at varied and intriguing topics which you would not normally put together

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The slight downside is that it is based on a serious of articles in the ny times which are reprinted in the book as an appendix of sorts

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Its easy and enjoyable to read this writers style and though its all about economics the text is not heavy is statistics

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The mastermind behind this book interprets the data and weaves the stories that they tell exposing the falsehoods of certain accepted common sense principles and the incredible realities behind various complex areas of social psychology and the capitalist world

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Really interesting i’m certain some people will be deeply offended but i like the this is what the data says approach leaving out the morality for the reader to decide for themselves

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But this wouldn’t mean much were the book not written so well full of charming and witty lines the authors pull together these disparate themes gracefully and guide the reader no matter how novice in data analytics through the data to reveal conclusions anyone can understand

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Additionally they offer an analysis of how politicians approach creating policy and why they succeed and fail