01384cam a2200253Ia 4500 20230110145548.0 100428s2009 nyum db a000 0 eng d 0061927570 9780061927577 BTCTA BTCTA OCO WIM SAP EGM OSU OSUU HB74.P8 L4797 2009 Levitt, Steven D. Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. London : Allen Lane, 2009. xx, 388 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. 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. 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. Economics Psychological aspects. Economics Sociological aspects. Large type books. Dubner, Stephen J. lcc 54907 54907 0 0 lcc 0 0 UQLM UQL UQL 2023-01-10 0 0261134 2023-01-10 00:00:00 1 2023-01-10 BK VIRTUAITEM