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Author:

Levitt, Steven D.

Title:

Super freakonomics [sound recording CD] : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.

Format:

[sound recording CD] :

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

HarperAudio,

Copyright Date:

p2009

Description:

6 sound discs (7 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Economics--Psychological aspects.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
Economic man--Miscellanea.
Audiobooks on CD held by the library

Other Authors:

Dubner, Stephen J.

Notes:

"The explosive follow-up to Freakonomics"--Container. Read by Stephen J. Dubner.

Contents:

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? -- 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.

ISBN:

0060889357
9780060889357

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317925379

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

KIPB845 -- Hospers Public Library (Hospers)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)