Microeconomics – The Bell Bookshop

Superfreakonomics

Emma — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The international bestselling Freakquel to Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics, this book sees them looking deeper, questioning harder and uncovering even more hidden truths about our world, from global cooling to patriotic prostitutes, drunk walking to why suicide bombers should buy life insurance.

‘Mind-blowing’ Wall Street Journal

‘Page-turning, politically incorrect and ever-so-slightly intoxicating, like a large swig of tequila’ The Times

‘Like Freakonomics but better … you are guaranteed a good time’ Financial Times

‘Great fun … Levitt is a master at drawing counter-intuitive conclusions’ Sunday Times

‘Studded with intriguing examples’ Daily Telegraph

Freakonomics

Emma — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Assume nothing, question everything.

This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner’s rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone’s view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon.

‘Prepare to be dazzled’ Malcolm Gladwell

‘A sensation … you’ll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Has you chuckling one minute and gasping in amazement the next’ Wall Street Journal

‘Dazzling … a delight’ Economist

‘Made me laugh out loud’ Scotland on Sunday