Freakonomics released in Russian
January 19th, 2007. Published under General. 2 Comments.
So here it is. Freakonomics is now translated and published in Russia. I’ve searched the blogs on some comments – it seems that 50% says Wow, other 50% says that the book isn’t interesting, and that findings are not clear at all.
Getting a bit deeper on what people wrote I think that there is a problem with the title. Levitt uses statistical methods and there is little to do with economics in his work. But people who buys is attracted by this "konomics" end. And it becomes frustrating for them, when they didn’t find any real economics inside!
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Dmitry Linkov on January 30th, 2007
Michael,
According to the comments I read about the book, people were waiting to see implementation of micro-macro economic models or something from this kind. But not the play with statistics.
Also I saw a lot of comments on the book like “the findings are too simple”.
dmitrylinkov
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Michael Wagner on January 26th, 2007
I wonder if this is a deeper translations problem.
For an English reader here in the US a book about “economics” most likely expect “statistical methods”. Statistical analysis is the most important tool of an economist.
Is that different for a Russian audience? Would they expect more theory? Or more sociological case study?
Just wondering what your take on how the term “economics” creates certain expectations for Russian readers.
Thanks for posting about this; interesting observation!
Keep creating,
Mike
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