Wednesday, October 28, 2009

superfreakin' awesome! steven levitt on his new book superfreakonomics: global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life

steven levitt exploded onto the scene in 2005 w/the original freakonomics tome. levitt & co-author stephen j. dubner had some incredibly interesting theories on crime & it's relation to roe v. wade, cheating, crack dealing, etc.. i read that book in like 2 hours flat! it was so refreshing to see economic theory applied to everyday issues. i cannot wait to pick up the superfreakonomics: global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life.
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2 comments:

  1. I'm so happy to know he's coming out with more! I really liked his work with Venkatesh for the drug dealing chapter. I think there was more published on his experience with the gang, but I'm not sure. Maybe I should check the freakonomics blog! Anyway, thanks for the info!

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  2. glad someone i DON'T know is reading!
    woo hoo!

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