{"product_id":"superfreakonomics-global-cooling-patriotic-prostitutes-and-why-suicide-bombers-should-buy-life-insurance-isbn-9780062063373","title":"SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e lived on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in \u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e—the long awaited follow-up to their \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies, \u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e promises to once again challenge our view of human behavior and the way the world \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying their signature economic approach, Levitt and Dubner tackle a new set of provocative questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBehavioral Economics:\u003c\/b\u003e Why do street prostitutes have more in common with a department-store Santa than you’d think, and what can monkeys teach us about the stock market?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCounterintuitive Thinking:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore the real data behind life-and-death decisions, from whether it’s safer to walk drunk or drive drunk to why a suicide bomber might buy life insurance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnintended Consequences:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover how the arrival of cable TV empowered women in rural India and why the invention of the car seat may not be the simple lifesaver we assume it is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCheap and Simple Fixes:\u003c\/b\u003e From a simple hand-washing protocol that saved thousands of lives to a garden hose that could reverse global warming, learn why the best solutions are often the easiest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Jauntier and more assured than the first.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As one of the most successful writing partnerships in publishing, they make an entirely complementary and logical team in the same way that Jack Spratt and his wife did at the dinner table. Mr. Levitt provides the economist’s methodology and number-crunching skills and Mr. Dubner writes it all up so as to make it interesting -- and comprehensible -- to the layman.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The clever authors of the popular \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e return for the inevitable and equally readable sequel, this time identifying a unifying theme: People respond to incentives. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Genuinely fascinating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jaunty, entertaining and smart. Levitt and Dubner do a good service by making economics accessible, even compelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The intriguing, equally funny sequel to the mega-selling \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This terrific follow-up to the bestseller \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e has a surprising amount in common with its Rick James-inspired title: Both include prostitution; both cover topics you wouldn’t normally expect most people to enjoy, but they can’t seem to resist here; both are bouncy and lyrical enough to keep you entertained for hours; and both will stay with you for years longer than you would have initially suspected.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Entertaining, well-written, and full of surprises and insights....I really liked \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003eand I think \u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e is even better...I recommend this book to anyone who reads nonfiction. It is very well written and full of great insights.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill Gates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thank goodness they are back . . . with wisdom, wit and, most of all, powerful economic insight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The idea of \u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e...is to do more of what was done before. The book does it nicely.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e ingeniously and imaginatively renders data so that we are startled to see the unlikely and unforeseeable in what on second glance seems so obvious.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Calgary Herald (Alberta)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Intoxicatingly readable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An inventive and even useful application of economics to unusual subjects....The strength of this book, as of the original, is in how it applies the time-tested tools of economics in unusual places to turn up surprising conclusions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Levitt and Dubner passionately argue that ‘cheap and simple solutions’ could be just around the corner - if only we could be a little more rational.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Provocative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating…An afternoon with Levitt and Dubner’s book will transform you into the most interesting person in the room that evening…. its seeds of thought and pulpy ruminations are…sure to stimulate and delight” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Takes us on another rollercoaster ride across the terrain of the improbable....Spectacularly interesting, attesting, once again, to the authors’ uncanny ability to sift contemporary economic research and cherrypick the really juicy stuff....\u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e is a humdinger of a book: page-turning, politically incorrect and ever-so-slightly intoxicating, like a large swig of tequila....It’s all a bit freaky, of course - but in a thoroughly enlightening way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Delightful...Messrs. Levitt and Dubner show every sign of being careful researchers, going so far as to send chapter drafts to their interviewees for comment prior to publication.....Part of the genius of Marxism, and a reason for its enduring appeal, is that it fed man’s neurotic fear of social catastrophe while providing an avenue for moral transcendence. It’s just the same with global warming, which is what makes the clear-eyed analysis in \u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e so timely and important. (Now my sincere apologies to the authors for an endorsement that will surely give their critics another cartridge of ammunition.)” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSuperFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e is written for noneconomists. Using wry humor, the authors explore unexpected areas - and often, a huge economic change turns on a noneconomic hinge...Memorable....Levitt and Dubner’s books present a view of the world both fun and profound, in which human choice itself emerges as - superfreaky.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As in their earlier blockbuster, the University of Chicago economist (Levitt) and the writer (Dubner) roam through human nature teaching how to think like an economist....Intriguing...Brave, bracing and beautifully contrarian. Don’t go to the water cooler without it.rave, bracing and beautifully contrarian. Don’t go to the water cooler without it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888666996965,"sku":"NP9780062063373","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062063373.jpg?v=1730229573","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/superfreakonomics-global-cooling-patriotic-prostitutes-and-why-suicide-bombers-should-buy-life-insurance-isbn-9780062063373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}