Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
2009
Non-Fiction
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Title
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
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Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
New York : William Morrow, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
xvii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
How is a street prostitute like a department-store santa?
Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance?
Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism
The fix is in - and it's cheap and simple
What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?
Epilogue : monkeys are people too.
Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance?
Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism
The fix is in - and it's cheap and simple
What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?
Epilogue : monkeys are people too.
Summary
Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling to show how people respond to incentives.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-256) and index.
Location
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Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9780060889579
0060889578
0060889578
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