Bibliograph

Superfreakonomics, global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

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Superfreakonomics, global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Superfreakonomics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

317925384

Responsibility statement

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

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Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 9.6, 13.0, 149075.

Sub title

global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Putting the freak in economics -- 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

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Super freakonomics

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