Rest In Paradise "Freakonomics"

Now that the reading assignment is finished, I would recommend “Freakonomics” to my cousin. I would recommend this book to her because she likes finding things out through statistics and numbers especially things that she would have never thought about looking over.

I would like to share a passage from the book that left a good impression on me that I used in an assignment in class.
 “He also reportedly told a college audience that 45 homeless people die each second-which would mean a whopping 1.4 billion dead homeless every year.” Page 86
This passage has made me question myself. I have never given thought to homeless people other than spare change in my pocket. Now this entry made me think of how many different homeless people I’ve seen over the years, and how there are so many out there. Something that will, probably never leave my thoughts again.

I believe that chapter 3 “Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?” in “Freakonomics” was a good chapter in the group discussion because we could all fantasize on becoming as rich as J. T was. Everyone had an opinion about the main point in the book and because we all agreed that we have known drug dealers who did live with their mothers and also agreed upon how smart J. T and his business decisions were and how amazed we were on how he got to the top with being educated and using that education to sell drugs and invest as well.