Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance

Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levitt, Steven D.
Other Authors: Dubner, Stephen J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2011.
Edition:1st Harper Perennial ed.
Subjects:
Economics > Psychological aspects.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Item Description:
  • "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.
Table of 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.

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