Freakonomics

Authors: Steven D. Levitt, Steven J. Dubner

Economists were the guys we used to beat the piss out of in high school, right? Well, let me tell you something skippy; now that we're slinging slurpees at 7-11 those guys we beat up are now getting revenge by doing a little something I like to call: "Ruling the Earth." We really showed them didn't we? Steven Levitt, who has been described by the New York Times as a "Maverick Treasure Hunter" is different. He askes questions like: What makes the perfect parent? Where have all the criminals gone? and what do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? He then applies the tools of economics to uncover some startling and surprising answers. It turns out that monkeys already have a fundemental understanding of economics so 9 of them knocked this one out easily. Who woulda' thunk it?

Score: 9/12 monkeys