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Author Levitt, Steven D.

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

Publication Info. [New York] : William Morrow, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  330 LEVITT c.2  DUE 09-26-23 Billed
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  330 LEVITT    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  330 LEV    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  330 L579S    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  330 L    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  330 LEV    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  330 LEVITT    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  330 LEVITT, STEVEN D.    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  330 LEV    DUE 02-28-24
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  330 LEV    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-256) and index.
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.
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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.6 13.0 149075.
Subject Economics -- Psychological aspects.
Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Added Author Dubner, Stephen J.
Added Title Superfreakonomics
ISBN 9780060889579 (acid-free paper)
0060889578 (acid-free paper)
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