Superfreakonomics
Subtitle: global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance
By: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.
Contributors: Dubner, Stephen J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780060889579
Subjects: Economics -- Psychological aspects; Economics -- Sociological aspects
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?; title: Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance?; title: Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism; title: The chlorine solution and the jellyfish fix; title: What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?; title: Epilogue : monkeys are people too.