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Author:

Landsburg, Steven E., 1954-

Title:

More sex is safer sex : the unconventional wisdom of economics / Steven E. Landsburg.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Economics--Sociological aspects.
United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
Paradoxes.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Index. Preface : Unconventional wisdom -- 16. communal stream -- 1. More sex is safer sex -- Addendum -- 2. Be fruitful and multiply -- 3. What I like about Scrooge -- 4. Who's the fairest of them all? -- 5. Children at work -- pt. 2. How to fix everything -- 6. How to fix politics -- 7. How to fix the justice system -- 8. How to fix everything else -- How to fight fires -- How to fight crime -- How to prevent accidents -- How to fight pollution -- How to solve the kidney shortage -- How to fight grade inflation -- How to shorten waiting lines -- pt. 3. Everyday economics -- 9. Go figure -- 10. Oh no! It's a girl! -- 11. The high price of motherhood -- pt. 4. The big questions -- 12. Giving your all -- A defense of pure reason -- 13. The central banker of the soul -- 14. How to read the news -- Racial profiling -- Disaster relief -- The sack of Baghdad -- Global warming, local crowding -- My Barnes and Noble trade deficit -- An outsourcing fable -- The new racism -- 15. Matters of life and death -- 16. Things that make me squirm -- Appendix -- Index.

ISBN:

1416532218 (alk. paper)
9781416532217 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006050846

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)