The Logic Of Life
Uncovering the New Economics of Everything
$38.21
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2009
Summary
‘Truly eye-opening… There is almost no situation that Harford cannot dissect with his sharp economist s tools…economics has never been this cool’ NEW STATESMAN
If humans are so clever, why do we smoke and gamble, or take drugs, or fall in love? Is this really rational behaviour? And how come your idiot boss is so overpaid? In fact, the behaviour of even the unlikeliest of individuals - prostitutes, drug addicts, racists and revolutionaries - complies with economic logic, taking into a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349120416 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349120412 |
| Author: | Tim Harford |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Abacus |
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This is no minor thesis … If you loved [The Tipping Point and Freakonomics] you’ll love this
The chapter “Why is Your Boss Overpaid?” is in itself worth the price of this book - Sunday TELEGRAPH
This is no minor thesis … If you loved [The Tipping Point and Freakonomics] you’ll love this - FINANCIAL TIMESAbout The Author
Tim Harford
Tim Harford writes the Dear Economist column for the FT Saturday magazine. An award winning public speaker, Tim has been an economist for a major oil company and an economics tutor at Oxford University.
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