I liked this book. The questions it asked were interesting and the answers were much more believable than the general run of answers provided by economists--in part because the economist author portrays himself as an iconoclast and I'm all for smashing the economic idols.
On the other hand, why do economists feel the need to tell you 10 times a second how brilliant they are? It makes me want to say--no you're not. (I had the same problem with the Harvard President--If he hadn't claimed that he was so wonderful, I could have had more sympathy with his stupidity)
If nobody has ever looked into the economics of cheating before or whether Roe v. Wade caused the drop in crime rates, I have to say that says more about the profession of economics than the brilliance of the author. I think it will probably take a non-economist to truly challenge the empty pretentiousness of most of what passes for economic analysis these days.
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