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THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST
Tim Harford
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Description for THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST
Paperback. A brilliant and eye-opening explanation of the economics of everyday life - Britain's answer to FREAKONOMICS Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles ... Read more
Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349119854
SKU
V9780349119854
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Ref
99-99
About Tim Harford
Tim Harford presented the BBC2 TV series TRUST ME I'M AN ECONOMIST and 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.
Reviews for THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST
'Required reading ... It brings the power of economics to life' Steven D. Levitt, author of FREAKONOMICS
'Reading this book is like spending an ordinary day wearing X-ray goggles' David Bodanis, author of ELECTRIC UNIVERSE
'An excellent Undercover Introduction to Economics. If you think that sounds boring, you probably ought to read it' FT
'Economists do ... Read more