Freakonomics

by Steven Levitt

while this was definitely a thought-provoking read, I can't say that it's anything more than theories. levitt makes some very interesting connections between seemingly unrelated topics - but, as he more or less points out, they are merely theories; perhaps the topics really are unrelated. if nothing else, though, since I read it aloud to jarom when we were driving, it gave us some odd material to talk anytime we were in the car.