Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
By: Levitt, Steven D [author].
Contributor(s): Dubner, Stephen J.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2011Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.Description: xvii, 297 p. [16] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780060889586.Other title: Superfreakonomics.Subject(s): Economics -- Psychological aspects | Economics -- Sociological aspectsDDC classification: 330 LEV | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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KH8 Senior School Library Non Fiction | Non-Fiction | 330 LEV (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 09/18/2025 | 3KHSL000101207 |
"The explosive follow-up to Freakonomics"--Cover.
"With new material, including 16 pages of color illustrations and an author Q & A"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Narrator: Stephen J. Dubner (Amer.)
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.
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