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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) $6.74 Steven D Levitt is not a typical economist. He studies the riddles of everyday life – from cheating and crime to parenting and sports – and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth abo… |
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SuperFreakonomics $13.99 Book Description The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, 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. Four years i… |
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SuperFreakonomics, Illustrated edition $31.99 Seeing is believing . . . The Smash Hit SuperFreakonomics is now Bigger and BetterSuperFreakonomics was an instant New York Times bestseller that caused a media uproar, continuing the amazing success begun with the groundbreaking, worldwide sensation Freakonomics.With the Illustrated Edition, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner bring alive their smart thinking and great storytelling with an exp… |
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SuperFreakonomics $8.69 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? How much good do car seats do? Whats the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise in crime? What do hurricanes heart attacks and highway deaths have in common? Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness? Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor? Freakonomics has been imitated many times over — but only now with SuperFreakonomics has it met its match. |
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Superfreakonomics $23.89 New York Times bestselling authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insight and observations in this long-awaited follow-up to their blockbuster Freakonomics.In 2005, Freakonomics exploded in the culture, forever changing our understanding of how the world works, how we really make decisions even how we name our children. This revolutionary book spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 3 million hardcover copies, single-handedly spawned a new genre of books, and led to a column in the New York Times Magazine and a blog on the New York Times website. Now, University of Chicago economist Steven D. Levitt and award-winning writer Stephen J. Dubner return with this all-new book that is bigger, more provocative, and sure to challenge the way we think all over again. Freakonomics was one of the bestselling books of all time, selling more than three million copies and dominating the New York Times list for two straight years. SuperFreakonomics is based on all-new, revolutionary research and original studies by Steven Levitt. This provocative material has never been seen before. The authors’ New York Times blog, www.freakonomics.com, is one of the Top 10 blogs in the world, according to TIME Magazine. Freakonomics was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book, a Globe and Mail bestseller, a Book Sense Book of the year, a Quill Award winner for the Best Business Book and a finalist for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the year. |
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Superfreakonomics (Hardcover) $40.71 The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now, 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. 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 is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? How much good do car seats do? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise in crime? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness? 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. Freakonomics has been imitated many times over¿but only now, with SuperFreakonomics, has it met its match. |
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SuperFreakonomics (Paperback) $31.44 La continuaci¿n del fen¿meno Freakonomics, con m¿s de 4 millones de copias vendidas La econom¿a trata sobre la inflaci¿n, los tipos de inter¿s y la bolsa. Superfreakonomics habla de prostitutas, traficantes de droga y luchadores de sumo fracasados. Han sido cuatro a¿os buscando no solo las preguntas m¿s dif¿ciles, sino las m¿s sorprendentes: ¿Es m¿s peligroso conducir borracho o caminar borracho? ¿Por qu¿ se receta la quimioterapia tan a menudo si es tan poco eficaz? ¿Puede un cambio de sexo elevar tu salario?Superfreakonomics desaf¿a nuestra manera de pensar, y explora el lado oculto de las cosas con preguntas como:¿En qu¿ se parece una prostituta al Pap¿ Noel de unos grandes almacenes?¿Por qu¿ los m¿dicos se lavan tan poco las manos? ¿Provoc¿ la televisi¿n un incremento del crimen?¿Cu¿n ¿tiles son los cinturones de seguridad?¿Podemos salvar el planeta comiendo canguro?Levitt y Dubner combinan una gran inteligencia con la capacidad para contar historias mejor que nadie, ya sea a la hora de buscar una soluci¿n al calentamiento global o explicar por qu¿ el precio del sexo oral ha ca¿do de manera tan radical. Al analizar c¿mo la gente responde a los incentivos, muestran el mundo tal cual es: bueno, malo, feo, y finalmente, superfreaky. |
kindle superfreakonomics
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