The Resource Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
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The item Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
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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
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 270 p.
- 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
- 9780060889579
- Label
- Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance
- Title
- Superfreakonomics
- 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
- Super freakonomics
- 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
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levitt, Steven D
- 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
- Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index
- 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
- Control code
- 317925384
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 270 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060889579
- Lccn
- 2009035852
- Label
- Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index
- 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
- Control code
- 317925384
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 270 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060889579
- Lccn
- 2009035852
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