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FREAKONOMICS. Copyright © 2005 by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.

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Microsoft Reader March 2005 ISBN 0-06-083822-1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Levitt, Steven D.

Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything /

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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