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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- Subject:
- Economics > Psychological aspects.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
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| Marion Library | 330 LEV (Text) | 37810434946488 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 330 L (Text) | 39493106609086 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | 330 Levitt (Text) | 34269001027177 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 330 LEV (Text) | 31111002297610 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | 330 (Text) | 38344101317822 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Cleveland County Main Library | 330 LEV (Text) | 22281500006584 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | 330 Lev (Text) | 33436001306908 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | 330 LEV (Text) | 0020508370093 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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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.
