Superfreakonomics [global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance]

Levitt, Steven D.

Book On CD 2009

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.

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ISBN:

9780307713865
9780060889357
0307713865
0060889357

Edition:

Unabridged

Description:

6 audio discs (7 hr., 28 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
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optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording

Other Title:

Super freakonomics [book on CD]

Notes:

Compact discs
Subtitle from container
"The explosive follow-up to Freakonomics" --Container
Read by Stephen J. Dubner

Contents:

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?
Monkeys are people too

Control Number:

687480

Other Authors:

Dubner, Stephen J

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