The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling more than four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world.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?What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common?Can eating kangaroo save the planet?Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is—good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky. Freakonomics has been imitated many times over—but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match.
| Autor: | Dubner, Stephen J. Levitt, Steven D. |
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| ISBN: | 9780060889357 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Audio CD |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 20.10.2009 |
| Untertitel: | Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance |
| Schlagworte: | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / General BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / Theory BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Finance / General BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Green Business POLITICAL SCIENCE: Essays POLITICAL SCIENCE: Terrorism POLITICAL SCIENCE: Women in Politics PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General |
Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given to the most influential American economist under forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know.Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career—as an almost rock star—to become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times, and published three non-Freakonomics books.Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career—as an almost rock star—to become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times, and published three non-Freakonomics books.