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Superfreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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Superfreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Paperback - 2011

by Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner

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From the publisher

Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics--the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies, SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge our view of human behavior and the way the world really works.

Applying their signature economic approach, Levitt and Dubner tackle a new set of provocative questions:

  • Behavioral Economics: Why do street prostitutes have more in common with a department-store Santa than you'd think, and what can monkeys teach us about the stock market?
  • Counterintuitive Thinking: Explore the real data behind life-and-death decisions, from whether it's safer to walk drunk or drive drunk to why a suicide bomber might buy life insurance.
  • Unintended Consequences: Discover how the arrival of cable TV empowered women in rural India and why the invention of the car seat may not be the simple lifesaver we assume it is.
  • Cheap and Simple Fixes: From a simple hand-washing protocol that saved thousands of lives to a garden hose that could reverse global warming, learn why the best solutions are often the easiest.

From the rear cover

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the "freakquel" is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.

SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department store Santa? Who adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Did TV cause a rise in crime? Can eating kangaroo meat save the planet?

Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner show the world for what it really is--good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, superfreaky.

Details

  • Title Superfreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
  • Author Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York:
  • Publication date 2011-05-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780060889586 / 0060889586
  • Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.29 x 0.83 in (20.35 x 13.44 x 2.11 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Economics - Psychological aspects, Economics - Sociological aspects
  • Dewey Decimal Code 330

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