SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Steven D. Levitt · Stephen J. Dubner

Oct 2009 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics—the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times Notable blockbuster. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge our view of the way the world really works.

Ratings and reviews

Similar to Freakonomics. I felt like the authors shared less of the hard data. They generally wrote only of the conclusions of their work and it seemed to give it more of an opinion type feel, rather than that of well researched enigmas.

There are two sides to this book. The first being absolutley hilarious off the wall topics that are made relevant in today's world. The second side is the seriousness of the topics described in the first statement.

The first Freakonomics book is great. This follow up book is great as well. This is a very entertaining (and funny at times) way to read about economics events and their causes.

About the author

Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given to the most influential American economist under forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning journalist and radio and TV personality, has worked for the New York Times and published three non-Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don't Know.

Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career—as an almost rock star—to become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times, and published three non-Freakonomics books.