Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780060889579
- ISBN: 0060889578
- Physical Description: xvii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-256) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- How is a street prostitute like a department-store santa? -- Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance? -- Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism -- The chlorine solution and the jellyfish fix -- What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? -- Epilogue : monkeys are people too.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.6 13 149075.
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- Economics > Psychological aspects.
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- 37 of 39 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Marion Library | 330 LEV (Text) | 37810434946488 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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