The Logic of Life - Uncovering the New Economics of Everything

Zusatztext This is no minor thesis . . . If you loved [The Tipping Point and Freakonomics] you'll love this Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A dazzling application of new economic theories to the world around us - by the author of THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST. THE LOGIC OF LIFE shows how the new economics of rational choice theory explains much, much more. Drug addicts and teenage muggers can be rational. Suburban sprawl and inner city decay are rational. Endless meetings at the office and the injustices of working life? Rational. Economics explains why your boss is overpaid, whether we should build more prisons, and whether a city like New Orleans can recover from disaster. THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST was a bestseller in paperback for over a year. Zusammenfassung A dazzling application of new economic theories to the world around us - by the author of THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST

Product details

• Authors: Tim Harford, Harford Tim
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.03.2009
• EAN: 9780349120416
• ISBN: 978-0-349-12041-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Abacus Paperbacks; ABACUS; Abacus Paperbacks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Entscheidung, Logik, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy