| | |  | NAUTICAL SHIPS | Home » » » SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance | | | | | | | Description: | | The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling more than four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world.
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with Superfreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first. SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: - How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?
- What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common?
- Can eating kangaroo save the planet?
Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is—good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky. Freakonomics has been imitated many times over—but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780060889579
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Steven D. Levitt | | Hardcover:
| 288 pages | | Publisher:
| William Morrow | | Publication Date:
| November 01, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0060889578 | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 291 reviews |
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 Micro enconomics...interesting read...Sep 10, 2010
If you are obsessed with numbers and want some insights on how some of the complex problems were solved with simple solutions, then this book is for you. The chapter on Al gore and mount Pinatubo is especially interesting considering the current ruckus over Global warming. Also the chapter on Altruism is interesting. An easy book to read through with sprinkles of humor in between. As the authors call, this is all about micro economics.
 Interesting perspective on contemporary issuesSep 07, 2010
I read this book to see if it would be appropriate for a class I am teaching that challenges students to think critically. I found it to be easy to read and entertaining. It definitely provides a different perspective for students to consider on current societal issues.
Good SequelSep 04, 2010
I had very high expectations for this book because I absolutely loved Freakonomics. This book was definitely very good but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first one.
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Super Freakonomics Super Freaked My FaceAug 31, 2010
This is the second installation of the Freakonomics books. Great analytical reviews of a variety of interesting subjects. No technical economic knowledge necessary to understand the points Levitt & Dubner drive home. Great Book. Enjoy...or don't if you suck.
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 1st book blows this one away.. this book is a stretchAug 30, 2010
This book was a waste of time.. It tries to follow up its first book with a terrible attempt.. The examples and points this book try to make are wildly far fetched. They have tried much too hard. Would recommend to people who like to waste time and money..
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