Harper Perennial</br></br>Product Description</br></br><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Freakonomics </span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">lived on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New York Times </i>bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors <span style="COLOR: black">Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">SuperFreakonomics</i>?the long awaited follow-up to their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New York Times </i>Notable blockbuster. B</span>ased on revolutionary research and original studies <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">SuperFreakonomics </i>promises to once again challenge our view of the way the world <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">really </i>works.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p></br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br><b>Book Description</b><br/> <p> The <i>New York Times</i> best-selling <i>Freakonomics</i> was a worldwide sensation?? selling over four million copies in thirty-five languages and changing the way we look at the world. Now?? Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with <i>SuperFreakonomics??</i> and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder?? funnier?? and more surprising than the first. </p> <p> Four years in the making?? <i>SuperFreakonomics</i> asks not only the tough questions?? but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous?? driving drunk or <i>walking</i> drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary? </p> <p> <i>SuperFreakonomics</i> challenges the way we think all over again?? exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: </p> <p> </p><ul> <li> How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?</li> <li> Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands?</li> <li> How much good do car seats do?</li> <li"he best way to catch a terrorist?</li> <li> Did TV cause a rise in crime?</li> <li> What do hurricanes?? heart attacks?? and highway deaths have in common?</li> <li> Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness?</li> <li> Can eating kangaroo save the planet?</li> <li> Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor?</li> </ul> <p></p> <p> Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else?? whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically. By examining how people respond to incentives?? they show the world for what it really is ? good?? bad?? ugly?? and?? in the final analysis?? super freaky. </p> <p> <i>Freakonomics</i> has been imitated many times over ? but only now?? with <i>SuperFreakonomics??</i> has it met its match. </p>  <span class=">From <i>Superfreakonomics</i>: Where do you stand on the freak-o-meter?</strong></span><br>  <p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/harpercollins-ems/levitt-dubner300.jpg" border="0"hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right">  Four years ago you were cool. You read <i>Freakonomics</i> when it first came out. You impressed family and friends and dazzled dates with the insights you gleaned. Now Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with <i>Superfreakonomics</i> a <i>freak</i>quel even bolder funnier and more surprising than the first. </p>  Have you been keeping up?  Can you call yourself a SuperFreak? Test your <i>Superfreakonomics</i> know-how now:</p>   <b>Question 1:</b> 5 points<br/> According to <i>Superfreakonomics</i> what has been most helpful in improving the lives of women in rural India?<br/> A. The government ban on dowries and sex-selective abortions<br/> B. The spread of cable and satellite television<br/> C. Projects that pay women to not abort female babies<br/> D. Condoms made specially for the Indian market</p>   <b>Question 2:</b> 3 points<br/>   Among Chicago street prostitutes which night of the week is the most profitable? <br/> A. Saturday<br/> B. Monday<br/> C. Wednesday<br/> D. Friday</p>  <b>Question 3:</b> 5 points<br/>  You land in an emergency room with a serious condition and your fate lies in the hands of the doctor you draw. Which characteristic doesnt seem to matter in terms of doctor skill? <br/> A. Attended a top-ranked medical school and served a residency at a prestigious hospital<br/> B. Is female<br/> C. Gets high ratings from peers<br/> D. Spends more money on treatment</p>   <b>Question 4:</b> 3 points<br/>  Which cancer is chemotherapy more likely to be effective for?<br/> A. Lung cancer<br/> B. Melanoma<br/> C. Leukemia<br/> D. Pancreatic cancer</p>  <b>Question 5:</b> 5 points<br/>   Half of the decline in deaths from heart disease is mainly attributable to:<br/> A. Inexpensive drugs<br/> B. Angioplasty<br/> C. Grafts<br/> D. Stents</p>   <b>Question 6:</b> 3 points<br/>   True or False: Child car seats do a better job of protecting children over the age of 2 from auto fatalities than regular seat belts.</p>   <b>Question 7:</b> 5 points<br/>  Whats the best thing a person can do  personally  to cut greenhouse gas emissions?  <br/> A. Drive a hybrid car<br/> B. Eat one less hamburger a week<br/> C. Buy all your food from local sources</p>  <b>Question 8:</b> 3 points<br/>  Which is most effective at stopping the greenhouse effect?<br/> A. Public-awareness campaigns to discourage consumption<br/> B. Cap-and-trade agreements on carbon emissions<br/> C. Volcanic explosions<br/> D. Planting lots of trees</p>  <b>Question 9:</b> 5 points<br/>  In the 19th century one of the gravest threats of childbearing was puerperal fever which was often fatal to mother and child.  Its cause was finally determined to be:<br/>  A. Tight bindings of petticoats early in the pregnancy<br/>  B. Foul air in the delivery wards<br/> C. Doctors not taking sanitary precautions<br/> D. The mother rising too soon in the delivery room</p>   <b>Question 10:</b> 3 points<br/>  Which of the following were not aftereffects of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on September 11 2001:<br/>  A. The decrease in airline traffic slowed the spread of influenza.<br/> B. Thanks to extra police in Washington D.C. crime fell in that city.<br/> C. The psychological effects of the attacks caused people to cut back on their consumption of alcohol which led to a decrease in traffic accidents.<br/> D. The increase in border security was a boon to some California farmers who as   Mexican and Canadian imports declined sold so much marijuana that it became one of the states most valuable crops.</p>   <b>Answers and Scoring</b><br/>  Question 1<br/> B?? Cable and satellite TV. Women with television were less willing to tolerate wife beating?? less likely to admit to having a ??son preference???? and more