global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /
First Statement of Responsibility
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Harperluxe,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xx, 388 pages (large print) ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-388).
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: 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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.