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Author:

Levitt, Steven D.

Title:

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

Edition:

Illustrated ed., 1st ed.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxi, 281 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Economics--Psychological aspects.
Economics--Sociological aspects.

Other Authors:

Dubner, Stephen J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0061941220 (hbk.)
9780061941221 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)643082353

LCCN:

2010025814

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

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