Can You Outsmart an Economist? - 100 Puzzles to Train Your Brain

The acclaimed author of The Armchair Economist presents an engaging and instructive series of puzzles and brain teasers for novices and experts alike. E “Ingenious...you may even end up smarter than Google.”-George Gilder, author of Life After Google E Can you outsmart an economist-really? Steven Landsburg, acclaimed author and professor of economics, dares you to try. If you solve the puzzles in this book-or even if you just read the solutions-you''ll learn a lot about economics, how to interpret statistics, and maybe a bit about law, math, science, and philosophy along the way. Wildly imaginative and entirely unconventional, this book includes warm-up exercises to get your brain working, logic and probability problems, and other teasers that touch upon such complex topics as calculating probabilities, reasoning in reverse, and distinguishing right from wrong. You don''t have to have an advanced degree to master the material. Above all, this book is meant for readers to learn and have fun. Let the games begin! E "Read it, expand your mind, and have fun!”-N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Info autore

Steven E. Landsburg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of More Sex Is Safer Sex, The Big Questions, and the hugely popular The Armchair Economist, among others. He has written for Forbes, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He lives in Pittsford, NY. 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Landsburg, Steven E. Landsburg
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781328489869
• ISBN: 978-1-328-48986-9
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 134 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Personal finance, Business and Management, Reference works, Management: leadership and motivation, Management decision making, Economic theory and philosophy, Memory improvement and thinking techniques, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / Theory, SELF-HELP: Creativity, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Personal Finance / Money Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Reference, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Finance / General, ECONOMICS: GENERAL, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Motivational, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Decision-Making & Problem Solving, GAMES: Logic & Brain Teasers, GAMES: Puzzles, Management accounting, bookkeeping and auditing, Economics / General