Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Super freakonomics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

727797362

Responsibility statement

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Sub title

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

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

Table Of Contents

An explanatory note : in which we admit to lying in our previous book -- Putting the freak in economics : in which the global financial meltdown is entirely ignored in favor of more engaging topics -- How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? : in which we explore the various costs of being a woman -- Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance? : in which we discuss compelling aspects of birth and death, though primarily death -- Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism : in which people are revealed to be less good than previously thought, but also less bad -- The fix is in--and it's cheap and simple : in which big, seemingly intractable problems are solved in surprising ways -- What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? : in which we take a cool, hard look at global warming -- Monkeys are people too : in which it is revealed that-aw, hell, you have to read it to believe it -- Bonus matter

resource.variantTitle

Superfreakonomics

Classification

Contributor