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Author: | STEVEN D. LEVITT - STEPHEN J. DUBNER |
ISBN13: | 978-0141048321 |
Title: | superfreakonomics |
Format: | doc lit lrf txt |
ePUB size: | 1747 kb |
FB2 size: | 1229 kb |
DJVU size: | 1837 kb |
Language: | English |
Category: | Insurance |
Publisher: | PENGUIN (2011) |
For Steven Levitt, the professional economist of the Freakonomics duo (Stephen Dubner is a magazine writer), the equivalent of the dingy clubs were the academic economic journals in which he tried out his theories in the decade or more before the first book came out. That book was already a selection of his greatest hits and the quality control was assured
Authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner followed it up s, a Freakquel that hardcore fans and newcomers alike have found to be even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first. Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What’s more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it’s so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary? SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How. Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet.
Now, Steven D. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first
Steven D. 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.
Работа авторов Дубнер Стивен, Левитт Стивен Freakonomics принадлежит к жанрам Естественные, точные и технические науки на иностранных языках и Литература на английском языке
He currently teaches at the University of Chicago. Stephen J. Dubner is an American writer and journalist who focuses on economic subjects. He is also the author of Choosing My Religion (previously known as Turbulent Souls) and Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper.
Written by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner Read by Stephen J. Dubner Format: MP3 Unabridged. SuperFreakonomics was an instant New York Times bestseller that caused a media uproar, continuing the amazing success begun with the groundbreaking, worldwide sensation Freakonomics. 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? - Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands?
Now, Steven D. Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically. 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.
Now authors Steven D. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in e long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster.