The Logic Of Life: Uncovering the New Economics of Everything

ISBN-13: 9780349120416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 272 str.

Tim Harford

Opis

From the author of 'The Undercover Economist, ' this book applies the economics of rational choice theory to modern life. Harford explains, for example, why drug addicts and teenage muggers can be rational, why suburban sprawl and inner city decay are rational, and why the endless meetings and injustices of working life are rational

Recenzje

The chapter "Why is Your Boss Overpaid?" is in itself worth the price of this book Sunday TELEGRAPH

O autorze

Tim Harford is a senior columnist for the Financial Times and the presenter of Radio 4's More or Less. He was the winner of the Bastiat Prize for economic journalism in 2006, and More or Less was commended for excellence in journalism by the Royal Statistical Society in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Harford lives in Oxford with his wife and three children, and is a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. His other books include The Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life and Adapt.