SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
JUST RELEASED ON OCTOBER 20TH!
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Freakonomics has finally arrived! Steven Levitt, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, and author Stephen Dubner have teamed together again to weave their tales of economics. As with the original Freakonomics book, SuperFreakonomics will be based largely upon the innovative research of Professor Levitt, who has tackled problems inside and outside the field of economics. 288 pages, William Morrow, ISBN 0060889578, ISBN-13 978-0060889579.
Table of contents:
* Introduction: Putting the Freak in Economics
* Chapter 1: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?
* Chapter 2: Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance?
* Chapter 3: Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism
* Chapter 4: The fix is in---and it's cheap and simple
* Chapter 5: What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common?
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