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Superfreakonomics

Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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Superfreakonomics explores unconventional and surprising insights on human behaviour and economics using data and analysis. The authors delve into topics like global warming, altruism, and prostitution, revealing the hidden side of everyday life with a humorous and engaging approach.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by unconventional solutions to everyday problems and love exploring how economics can be applied to explain just about anything. It's packed with surprising insights and thought-provoking analysis that will appeal to anyone curious about the hidden side of everything.

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Superfreakonomics

Looking deeper, questioning harder, this title uncovers the hidden truths about our world, from global cooling to patriotic prostitutes, drunk walking to why suicide bombers should buy life insurance.

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Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner brings a fresh and provocative perspective to the hidden side of everyday life. This entertaining and thought-provoking book is a follow-up to their international bestseller, Freakonomics, and delves deeper into controversial topics and intriguing questions with the same wit and incisive analysis that captivated millions of readers.

In Superfreakonomics, Levitt and Dubner explore some of the world's most perplexing questions by looking at them through the lens of economics. From terrorism to prostitution, and even the benefits of a sex change, the authors take seemingly unrelated topics and uncover the hidden economic truths that lie beneath the surface. Drawing from an eclectic mix of real-world data and research, they reveal surprising conclusions that challenge conventional wisdom.

This book answers questions such as:

  • Why you are more likely to be killed walking drunk than driving drunk
  • How a prostitute is more likely to sleep with a policeman than be arrested by one
  • Why terrorists might be easier to track down than you would imagine
  • How a sex change could boost your salary

Each chapter is packed with jaw-dropping examples and compelling narratives that make complex concepts easily understandable and highly engaging. Through a seamless blend of humour and enlightenment, Superfreakonomics captivates the reader with its unique take on the most pressing issues of our time.

Levitt and Dubner's insightful analysis and surprising revelations encourage readers to look at the world differently, and to question the "obvious" answers to life's intricate problems. With its brisk pace and thought-provoking content, Superfreakonomics is not only a powerful tool for understanding the world but also an immensely enjoyable read. Once again, the authors prove that sometimes the most superfreaky solution is indeed the simplest.

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Superfreakonomics has been praised for being even more thrilling and substantive than its predecessor. Reviewers have highlighted its engaging, counter-intuitive conclusions and described it as great fun and a politically incorrect page-turner.

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ISBN: 9780141030708

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 235g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Steven D. Levitt teaches economics at the University of Chicago. His idiosyncratic economic research into areas as varied as guns and game shows has triggered debate in the media and academic circles. He recently received the American Economic Association's John Bates Clark Medal, awarded every two years to the best American economist under forty. Stephen J. Dubner lives in New York City. He writes for The New York Times and the New Yorker, and is the bestselling author of Turbulent Souls and Confessions of a Hero-Worshipper. In August 2003 Dubner wrote a profile of Levitt in The New York Times magazine. The extraodinary response that article received led to a remarkable collaboration.

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