Book Review

I only had time to read two books in October, but they were both interesting and well worth my time. One was fiction and one was non-fiction. Check out my reviews from past months here.

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide…

Soccer Against the Enemy

- Simon Kuper. Kuper is an English journalist who covered soccer at the start of his…

I just finished reading Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Life in LA by Luis Rodriguez. It is a memoir that Rodriguez started when he was 16 and is about his life growing up as a member in one of the most vicious gangs in LA. It is a window into a life that I am very glad that I…

Sudhir Venkatesh’s book Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor will tell you the answer.

I just finished reading it this week and while it wasn’t as engaging as his previous Gang Leader for a Day, it was informative. It profiles how “hustling” is a necessary…

In Outliers, Gladwell talks about how Korean Airlines reduced its crashes from the most in the world to one of the safest airlines in the world. He argues that pilots from countries where it is difficult to question superiors…

I loved Gladwell’s first book, The Tipping Point, but I actually like Outliers: The Story of Success even better.

I received Outliers from my parents as a gift and finished it in two sittings. I found myself saying “wow” and “no way” aloud many times…

In “Why You’ll Love Paying for Roads that Used to be Free,” Eric A. Morris delivers a compelling arguement for setting up variable toll rates for public highways that are currently free to reduce congesting.