Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures that Turn Our World Upside Down (Economist Books) Paperback – November 27, 2018

Sometimes I'm a bit leary of listicle type boos, especially from an economic perspective. Not to be too prejudiced but economics is IMHO a bizarre field in terms of bias, politics and ulterior motives. That's not saying everyone involved is going to be sinister (in fact psychology has some big flaws too so I better zip it) but what I mean is that because economics isn't a science and obviously has huge political influence I always check my sources.Anyway that was all unfounded for Seriously Curious. The sort articles in this book were all intriguing, albeit VERY random, there were topics on polygamy, Easter, St Patricks, Punctuation, Language (not all connected) its was half the fun discovering a new topic.I wouldn't expect this book to fully invert your work, but its a great food for thought piece, and definitely good anecdotes for (I guess more lame grown up) parties.

This is the kind of book of which is fun to pick up now and then and read a few sections. The editor is assisted by a large group of researchers, and together they've assembled a large group of two-page pieces broadly grouped by theme. I originally heard a couple of these pieces on The Economist audio podcasts, which I also recommend listening to.This book could also be useful as a starting point for topics in which you might discover you have an interest.

Easily digestible tidbits about the modern world.

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