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Author:

Levitt, Steven D.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st Harper Perennial ed.

Publisher:

Harper Perennial,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xvii, 297 p. [16] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Economics--Psychological aspects.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
Business & Investing.
Nonfiction.

Other Authors:

Dubner, Stephen J.

Notes:

"New York Times bestseller"--Cover. "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. Narrator: Stephen J. Dubner (Amer.).

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.

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:

0060889586
9780060889586

OCLC:

(OCoLC)727797362

Locations:

FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

GWPB501 -- Prairie City Public Library (Prairie City)