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The Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life
Steven E. Landsburg
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Description for The Armchair Economist: Economics & Everyday Life
Paperback. The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg's hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Air bags cause accidents, because well-protected drivers take more risks. This well-documented truth comes as a surprise to most people, but not to economists, who have learned to take seriously the proposition that people respond to incentives.
In The Armchair Economist, Steven E. Landsburg shows how the laws of economics reveal themselves in everyday experience and illuminate the entire range of human behavior. Why does popcorn cost so much at the cinema? The 'obvious' answer is that the owner has a monopoly, but if that were the whole story, there would also be a monopoly price to use ... Read more
Air bags cause accidents, because well-protected drivers take more risks. This well-documented truth comes as a surprise to most people, but not to economists, who have learned to take seriously the proposition that people respond to incentives.
In The Armchair Economist, Steven E. Landsburg shows how the laws of economics reveal themselves in everyday experience and illuminate the entire range of human behavior. Why does popcorn cost so much at the cinema? The 'obvious' answer is that the owner has a monopoly, but if that were the whole story, there would also be a monopoly price to use ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
238 g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781471101311
SKU
V9781471101311
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About Steven E. Landsburg
Steven E. Landsburg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of The Armchair Economist, Fair Play, More Sex is Safer Sex, The Big Questions, two textbooks in economics, a forthcoming textbook on general relativity and cosmology, and over 30 journal articles in mathematics, economics and philosophy.
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