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

by Steven D. Levitt

epistolary duel

sterling ideas,

Fortunately, we had a corps of amazing comrades to help execute the task.

“unifying theme.”

intentional hyperbole.

incentives—

disabuse

urologist.

sociologist

cumulative advantage.

abstruse

numbers. Each year, more than 1,000

atrocities.

soap operas,

declared preferences and revealed preferences.)

fib—

negative externalities,

gridlock,

antiquity,

“creative destruction.”

Gary Becker,

gobs

oncologist