Superfreakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance /
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.
- 1st ed.
- New York : William Morrow, c2009.
- xvii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-256) 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.