Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side Of Everything Quotes

For emotion is the enemy of rational argument.

A woman's income appeal is a bell-shaped curve: men do not want to date low-earning women, but once a woman starts earning too much, they seem to be scared off.

There are three basic flavours of incentive: economic, social and moral.

Is distinctive black culture the cause of economic disparity between whites and blacks or merely the reflection of it?

An expert whose argument reeks of restraint or nuance often doesn't get much attention.

When moral posturing is replaced by an honest assessment of the data, the result is often a new, surprising insight.

Conventional wisdom in Galbraith's view must be simple, convenient, comfortable and comforting - though not necessarily true.

Journalists need experts as badly as experts need journalists.