Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Summary: The two authors, who are economists, show that everything in the world revolves around people's greed. They compare incredulous topics to each other and find how they are similar or working together without people knowing. An example from the book would be the comparison between school teachers and sumo wrestlers. The teachers change student's test scores to make themselves look better and sumo wrestlers throw matches to help others climb the ladders and also make themselves look better since they helped out a fellow sumo.
Themes:
Societal hate: The two authors both hate on society constantly throughout this novel but can you blame them? They show how the dark sides and the good sides are actually not that uncommon.
Nihilistic: The authors come off as strong nihilists believing that nothing matters in the grand scheme of things. Not the best way to think but it is true.
Greed: Every example mentioned in his book revolves around human greediness. It's an innate part of humanity that we can't shake.
Societal hate: The two authors both hate on society constantly throughout this novel but can you blame them? They show how the dark sides and the good sides are actually not that uncommon.
Nihilistic: The authors come off as strong nihilists believing that nothing matters in the grand scheme of things. Not the best way to think but it is true.
Greed: Every example mentioned in his book revolves around human greediness. It's an innate part of humanity that we can't shake.
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