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Also known as Super Freakonomics, Superfreakonomia

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance is the second non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and The New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner, released in early October 2009 in Europe and on October 20, 2009 in the United States. It is a sequel to Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.

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Author
Steven D. Levitt
First published
2009
Editions
25
Subjects
Economics, Sociological aspects, Sociological aspects of Economics, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Economics, Business, Nonfiction, New York Times bestseller

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publication date
2009-10-20
title
SuperFreakonomics
subtitle
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide BomberShould Buy Life Insurance
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7 sections
Contents
  • Synopsis
  • Reception
  • Global warming section
  • Illustrated edition
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance is the second non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and The New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner, released in early October 2009 in Europe and on October 20, 2009 in the United States. It is a sequel to Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.

==Synopsis== The explanatory note states that the theme of the book explores the concept that all people work for a particular reward. The introduction states people should look at problems economically. The examples given include the preference for sons in India and the hardships Indian women face, as well as the horse manure issue at the turn of the 20th century.

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