Superfreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner




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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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Superfreakonomics by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
If ever two writers were likely to suffer from "difficult second book" syndrome, it's Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of the smash-hit Freakonomics, which made them the rock stars of the economics world. The reason rock stars find the secon ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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This is my most anticipated book in recent months besides Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw. Unlike the latter, however, this is a disappointment.
Maybe because Freakonomics was such a pioneering and groundbreaking work on behavioural economics, I thought its sequel would be equally fascina ... (continue)
Tracy W said on Nov 16, 2009 | Add your feedback
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Markorules said on Dec 27, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Wasted my time
If you are a fans of Freakonomics, then stay away from Superfreakonomics. The book has an unified theme, but has no unified way of writing. In each chapter, the authors spent many paragraphs to talk about many other things before going into the main point of the chapter, but spent too little on it. ... (continue)
Wrenwin said on Jun 15, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Welchung said on May 17, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Great book. Extensive research, and interesting econometrics usage. Prove that economics can expand their horizon to every single area! Very interesting insights into prostitution, global warming, and even monkeys!
However, feel like this book is short of chapters/short of memorable examples than t ... (continue)
Lyoeleex said on Mar 29, 2010 | Add your feedback
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- ISBN-10: 0060889578
- ISBN-13: 9780060889579
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company
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Superfreakonomics by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
It's 2005 and America is booming. House prices are up, unemployment is down, growth is strong. Alan Greenspan is at the controls and all is right with the world. All the big economic problems have been solved.Cue the publication of Freakonomics, a co ... (read full critics)