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_bL4797 2009
100 1 _aLevitt, Steven D.
245 1 0 _aSuper freakonomics :
_bglobal cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /
_cSteven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
260 _aLondon :
_bAllen Lane,
_c2009.
300 _axx, 388 p. (large print) ;
_c23 cm.
505 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.
520 _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.
650 0 _aEconomics
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aEconomics
_xSociological aspects.
650 0 _aLarge type books.
700 1 _aDubner, Stephen J.
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