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Superfreakonomics |
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Steven D. Levitt |
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| Freakonomics, which explored “the hidden side of everything”, written by professional economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Steven J. Dubner was a planetary success, and changed the way people viewed economics and economists. Four years later, the “freakquel” SuperFreakonomics, which examines global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance, will once again, charm, entertain, surprise and at befuddle the reader. The author duo look at questions as diverse as why you more likely to die from drunk walking as opposed to drunk driving, what is the worst month to have a baby, the similarities between pimps and realtors, and why eating kangaroos can help save the planet. They also tackle the subject of terrorist bombings in a bold and unexpected way, encouraging the authorities to check potential suspects’ financial records: future suicide bombers often make large deposits followed by lots of insignificant cash withdrawals, but they rarely make regular long-term payments, seldom have savings accounts and never buy life insurance. The authors are also positively upbeat about global warming. Instead of imposing penalizing climate control measures, they urge countries and industries to develop global cooling measures, including fleets of fiberglass boats equipped with machines to increase the cloud cover over the oceans, and simulating volcano eruptions to produce sulfate aerosols that would reflect sunlight back into space. Highly readable, entertaining, unconventional and thought-provoking, SuperFreakonomics will once again make the reader question the way he or she views the world. |
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| Stephen 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 economic circles. He recently received the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal, awarded every two years to the best economist under forty. Stephen J. Dubner writes for The New York Times and The New Yorker, and is the bestselling author of the Turbulent Souls and Confessions of a Hero-Worshipper. In 2003 Dubner wrote a profile of Levitt in The New York Times. The extraordinary response the article received led to a remarkable collaboration: Freakonomics. |
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