Great fun brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling -- Stephen J. Dubner, author of * Freakonomics * An idiosyncratically brilliant new book -- Niall Ferguson * Sunday Telegraph * A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected -- Larry Elliot * Guardian * Like the conversation of a raconteur ... hugely enjoyable - compelling -- John Kay * Financial Times * Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot -- John Cornwell * Sunday Times * In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and The Tipping Point * Time * Great fun brash, stubborn, entertaining, opinionated, curious, cajoling -- Stephen J. Dubner, author of * Freakonomics * An idiosyncratically brilliant new book -- Niall Ferguson * Sunday Telegraph * A fascinating study of how we are regularly taken for suckers by the unexpected -- Larry Elliot * Guardian * Like the conversation of a raconteur ... hugely enjoyable - compelling -- John Kay * Financial Times * Confirms his status as a guru for every would-be Damien Hirst, George Soros and aspirant despot -- John Cornwell * Sunday Times * In the tradition of The Wisdom of Crowds and The Tipping Point * Time *