The Economist Naturalist - Why Economics Explains almost Everything

Informationen zum Autor Robert H. Frank is the Henrietta Louis Johnson Professor of Management and Professor of Economics at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management. His previous books include The Winner-Takes-All Society (with Philip Cook), Luxury Fever and Principles of Economics (with Ben Bernanke). Frank's many awards include the Apple Distinguished Teaching Award and the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. www.robert-h-frank.com Klappentext Discover the secrets behind hundreds of everyday enigmas, with this book that reveals the hidden economics in day to day life. Will appeal to fans of "Freakonomics" and "Does Anything Eat Wasps?". Zusammenfassung Now in this bestselling book, he shares the most intriguing - and bizarre - questions and the economic principles that answer them to reveal why many of the most puzzling parts of everyday life actually make perfect (economic) sense.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H Frank, Robert H. Frank
• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.04.2008
• EAN: 9780753513385
• ISBN: 978-0-7535-1338-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 16 mm
• Series: VIRGIN BOOKS
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business