Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life i...
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life i...
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
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Publisher
New York : William Morrow, c2009.
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N330/378
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2009.
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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.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
Other title
Super freakonomics.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2009.
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N330/378
Record Identifier
74VvVV2MDDWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvVV2MDDWy
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ISBN
0060889578
9780060889579
DDC
330
MMS ID
991010043379702626
