SPECIAL EVENT

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Before Wikinomics, Womenomics, and Freedomnomics. Before The Undercover Ecomonist went undercover and Predictably Irrational unveiled anything predictable or irrational. Before all of the big idea books of the past few years that have promised to shock and awe, there was the one that started it all. The original, groundbreaking book that questioned conventional wisdom and forever changed the way we view the world ...FREAKONOMICS.

Hailed as "genius," "provocative," and even "eye-popping,"* Freakonomics sold more than 4 million copies, spent over 2 years on the New York Times bestseller list, was translated in 35 languages, and has exploded into a global brand, with a blog (the first of its kind) on The New York Times website, a column in The New York Times Magazine and regular author lectures around the world. Now, four years in the making, rogue economist Steven Levitt and award-winning journalist Stephen J. Dubner are here with the follow-up! They've collected lots of new data, conducted riveting interviews, and in their own words, waited "until we had done enough research that we couldn't help but write it all down."

The result is a completely radical, thought-provoking, smart, and fun exploration of everything from how cable TV has inspired women's rights in India (while causing higher crime rates in the U.S.) to the similarities between Realtors and pimps-that come together with unexpected conclusions and will, as with Freakonomics, revolutionize how we make day-to-day decisions. It's SUPERFREAKONOMICS (on sale October 20, 2009) and it's been worth the wait.

Featuring Stephen J. Dubner, author and journalist, formerly a writer and editor for The New York Times Magazine. The author's Freakonomics blog on the New York Times website receives more than 1 million unique hits each month.

Steven D. Levitt, originally scheduled to appear, has cancelled.

Central Library  
1901 Vine St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

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