Super Freakonomics : Summary

Last week has been a pretty unproductive week. Fell ill on Tue and Wed. Barely managed to work for a few hours on Thu. But by Friday I was back to normalcy. Generally one of the ways I get over from an inertia state to an active state is to read something interesting. So, picked up this frequel( from the back cover : nice name for freakonomics sequel ). I knew there was a lot of controversy relating to this book.

Super Freakonomics : Summary

Last week has been a pretty unproductive week. Fell ill on Tue and Wed. Barely managed to work for a few hours on Thu. But by Friday I was back to normalcy. Generally one of the ways I get over from an inertia state to an active state is to read something interesting. So, picked up this frequel( from the back cover : nice name for freakonomics sequel ). I knew there was a lot of controversy relating to this book.

Panic : Summary

Michael Lewis, needs no introduction . His previous works have been best-sellers. When he writes a book about subprime crisis, I was expecting a dot-com esque narration of subprime mess with all the ingredients of a thriller movie ride.It turned out to be exactly what I expected.This book is essentially a collection of articles, essays by various people before panics, be it the 1987 crash | asian currency crisis | dot-com bust | the recent sub-prime bust.