I just had to share this with you. By a freaky coincidence,both the books I've got from the library are written by Economists..... one of them is Freakonomics ( the title says it all), and the other one is Dead on Time which is actually a freakier book considering that it's a racy, tongue-in -cheek British political comedy thriller ( difficult to categorise) by ...... Meghnad Desai who if you didn't know is an Indian born economist, who sits in Britain's House of Lords.
Dead on Time is actually a page turner, tho I almost gave up after being unable to keep up with the various characters, but then it gathered steam.... and packed a wallop!!
Ruj