About the Book
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.Reviews
"This book is a lot like Freakonomics, but better... Levitt and
Dubner have a gift for explaining precisely how a researcher discovers
something. Their epilogue, on Keith Chen's attempts to introduce
currency to a monkey society, is a model of how to tell a gripping
story of scientific research without compromising on accuracy." -Financial Times"SuperFreakonomics is more a story about people than about new
ideas. What drives the people behind these ideas to take conventional
wisdom and turn it completely on its head. My conclusion after reading
the book: optimism." -The Wall Street JournalMore reviews
About the Author
Steven D. Levitt is a professor or economics at the University of
Chicago and the recipient of the John Bates Clark medal, awarded to the
most influential economist under the age of forty.
Stephen J. Dubner is the author of Confessions of a Hero
Worshiper and Turbulent Souls and is a former writer and editor at
the New York Times Magazine, where in 2003 he wrote the cover story
about Steven Levitt that launched FREAKONOMICS. He lives in New York City with
his family.
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