by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · Allen Lane · tapa dura · ISBN 9780713999907
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«Superfreakonomics» is the economics essay by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, published by Allen Lane in hardcover (270 pages, in English).
Sequel to the publishing phenomenon «Freakonomics», this essay applies economic analysis to controversial topics such as terrorism, prostitution, or climate change. Levitt and Dubner show how people respond to incentives and challenge conventional ideas with data, revealing unexpected solutions to everyday problems.
Second volume of the Freakonomics series, continuation of the bestseller «Freakonomics»; original edition published in 2009.
Recommended for readers interested in applied economics and in works that question common assumptions about human behavior.
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Steven David Levitt is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels. Levitt is a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. Levitt was the winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal for his work in the field of crime. He was co-editor of the Journal of Political Economy published by the University of Chicago Press until December 2007. In 2009, Levitt co-founded TGG Group, a business and philanthropy consulting company. He was chosen as one of Time magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World" in 2006. A 2011 survey of economics professors named Levitt their fourth favorite living economist under the age of 60, after Paul Krugman, Greg Mankiw and Daron Acemoglu.
