Levitt, Steven D. 1967-

Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance / Super freakonomics Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner. - xv, 297 pages ; 17 cm.

New York Times Best Seller. with Material, Including an Author Q & A.

Includes notes and index.

How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? -- Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance? -- Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism -- The chlorine solution and the jellyfish fix -- What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? -- Epilogue : monkeys are people too.

9780062063373

2009035852


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

330 / STE