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Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance  Cover Image E-book E-book

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

Levitt, Steven D. (author.). Dubner, Stephen J., (author.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9781554688456 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1554688450 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource
  • Publisher: [Toronto, Ontario] : HarperCollins Canada, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references 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.
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Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, January 30, 2014).
Subject: Economics -- Psychological aspects
Economics -- Sociological aspects
Economics -- Psychological aspects
Economics -- Sociological aspects
Genre: Electronic books.

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