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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 270 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780060889579
  • 0060889578
Other title:
  • Super freakonomics
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 22
LOC classification:
  • HB74.P8 L4797 2009
Contents:
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.
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB74.P8 L4797 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000070936

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) and index.

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.

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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