SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner apply economics and data to everyday life: why walking drunk is deadlier per mile than driving drunk, how television reshaped crime and social behaviour, and what the hidden economics of prostitution reveal about markets and incentives. Experiments on altruism show why good intentions backfire, and why the cheapest fix usually beats the cleverest one.

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner apply economics and data to everyday life: why walking drunk is deadlier per mile than driving drunk, how television resh

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