Superfreakonomics

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The first book called Freakonomics became the New York Times bestseller it was translated into thirty-five languages with four million copies being sold. Now after four years of work Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner publish the second book SuperFreakonomics which is even more courageous, more amusing and more surprising. It asks very difficult and at the same time unpredicted questions: What is more safe, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why do so many doctors support chemotherapy if it turns out to be unhelpful? Can sex increase your salary? The book changes what we think about it demanding to explore the hidden side of each question such as What is common between a street prostitute and a department-store Santa? Why can't doctors wash their hands properly? What is good about car seats? What's the best way to find a terrorist? Did the crime rate grow because of TV? How are hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths alike? Do people incline to altruism or selfishness? Will our

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planet be saved if we eat kangaroo?Which profession is better: a pimp or a Realtor? The authors combine smart thoughts and wonderful way of storytelling when researching global warming or the price of oral sex. Levitt and Dubner look at people's responses to events and show the world as it is - wonderful, terrible, unattractive and eventually super freaky. There were many attempts to imitate Freakonomics but only now it is a success.

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