Seen most appropriately as an extension of Freakonomics rather than as a divergent sequel, SuperFreakonomics' 220 pages are breezy and casual, its musings perfect for cocktail-party fodder. The results are, expectedly, fascinating. McNamara, human organ sales and "drunk-walking," in each instance using economics' science and statistics to explain the unseen causes of the vagaries of behavior. In their crusade to make economics ("the dismal science") less, well, dismal, Levitt and Dubner now venture into colorful topics such as a "practically free" solution to climate change, the legacy of Robert S. Dubner have fired yet another provocative salvo at conventional wisdom. In SuperFreakonomics, the follow-up to their 4-million-selling Freakonomics, Steven D. Stephen Dubner is a journalist, whose previous works include Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family and Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper.
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