SuperFreakonomics – Stephen J. Dubner
Following the success of Freakonomics, economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner returned with more surprising explorations of the hidden side of everyday life. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance applies the tools of economics to an even wider range of questions.
Using data, incentives and unconventional thinking, the authors examine topics that seem to have little to do with economics. They explore why walking home after drinking may be more dangerous than driving, how the deaths of women in childbirth were dramatically reduced in the nineteenth century, what drives the behavior of street prostitutes, how banks might identify potential terrorists from their financial data, whether people are truly altruistic, and how simple, cheap solutions can sometimes solve problems that seem to require expensive ones.
The book’s most controversial chapter addresses climate change, discussing geoengineering ideas as potential solutions. This chapter attracted significant criticism from climate scientists and economists, who argued that it misrepresented aspects of climate science, and readers should be aware of that debate.
Written in the same lively, entertaining style as its predecessor, the book combines storytelling with research to challenge conventional wisdom and encourage readers to look at the world differently.
Provocative and thought-provoking, SuperFreakonomics will appeal to fans of Freakonomics and anyone interested in economics, behavior and unconventional ideas. It contains some mature subject matter and is best suited to adult readers.
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