Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /

Levitt, Steven D.

Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. - First edition. - New York : William Morrow ; HarperCollins Publishers, c2009. - xvii, 297 pages, xvii, 270 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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 chlorine solution and the jellyfish fix -- What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? -- Epilogue : monkeys are people too.

9780062312877 (pbk) 9781554686087 (hbk) 9780060889579

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HB74.P8 / L4797 2009

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