01314cam a2200217Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000150005802000180007304000420009105000240013310000220015724501560017926000330033530000390036850503450040752002240075265000380097665000370101465000220105170000230107320230110145548.0100428s2009    nyum    db   a000 0 eng d  a0061927570  a9780061927577  aBTCTAcBTCTAdOCOdWIMdSAPdEGMdOSU  aHB74.P8bL4797 20091 aLevitt, Steven D.10aSuper freakonomics :bglobal cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /cSteven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.  aLondon :bAllen Lane,c2009.  axx, 388 p. (large print) ;c23 cm.0 aIntroduction: 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.  aWhether 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. 0aEconomicsxPsychological aspects. 0aEconomicsxSociological aspects. 0aLarge type books.1 aDubner, Stephen J.