The Resource Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
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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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages 16 unnumbered pages of color plates
- Note
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- "New York Times bestseller"--Cover
- "The explosive follow-up to Freakonomics"--Cover
- "With new material, including 16 pages of color illustrations and an author Q & A"--Cover
- Contents
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- Introduction: Putting the freak in economics
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780060889586
- Label
- Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance
- Title
- Super freakonomics
- Title remainder
- global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- Title variation
- Superfreakonomics
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- GZD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levitt, Steven D
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Dubner, Stephen J
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Economics
- Economics
- Label
- Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- Note
-
- "New York Times bestseller"--Cover
- "The explosive follow-up to Freakonomics"--Cover
- "With new material, including 16 pages of color illustrations and an author Q & A"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Putting the freak in economics -- 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
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages 16 unnumbered pages of color plates
- Isbn
- 9780060889586
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)727797362
- Label
- Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- Note
-
- "New York Times bestseller"--Cover
- "The explosive follow-up to Freakonomics"--Cover
- "With new material, including 16 pages of color illustrations and an author Q & A"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Putting the freak in economics -- 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
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 297 pages 16 unnumbered pages of color plates
- Isbn
- 9780060889586
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)727797362
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