But Freakonomics, like the discipline it emerged from, would have benefited from being a little humbler, rather more open to suggestions from other schools of thoughts, and ultimately aware that markets are always a political creation.
As director and political agitator Glauber Rocha would put it in his landmark essay The Aesthetics of Hunger (1964), Brazilian filmmakers have often strived to contribute to "…an evolving complex of films that will ultimately make the public aware of its own misery".
While it's easy to get caught up in the enjoyment of the game itself and congratulate yourself on your high scores, the hope is that sooner or later the gravity of the game's content, and the fact that it's based on real-life events, will sink in, ultimately making us more aware of the things happening outside the pacifying glow of our TV and computer screens.
He said he had no idea if Mr. Olmert was aware of who ultimately paid the bill.
Although "Atonement" ultimately makes the reader uncomfortably aware of its status as fiction, McEwan achieves the effect in a manner often associated with Hollywood thrillers.
He appears sweetly oblivious and somewhat simple throughout, but there's more going on: he's ultimately revealed to be painfully aware of the chaos surrounding him.
He added: "Their claim has to be, ultimately, that they weren't aware of the scam being perpetrated and therefore have no obligation to return funds that were paid out to them.
The power of insight meditation, proponents say, lies in its ability to make people aware of, and ultimately free from, the obsessive and restrictive thought patterns that can compromise their relationships and work and lives.
Ultimately, he has been made aware of the limits of executive power.
