Levitt, Steven D.

Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner. - London : Allen Lane, c2009. - xv, 270 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction: Putting the freak in economics. 1. How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? 2. Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance? 3. Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism. 4. The fix is in-and it's cheap and simple. 5. What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? - Epilogue: Monkeys are people too.

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Economics--Psychological aspects.
Economics--Sociological aspects.

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