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Micromotives and Macrobehavior

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Description for Micromotives and Macrobehavior Paperback. Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.

"Schelling here offers an early analysis of 'tipping' in social situations involving a large number of individuals." —official citation for the 2005 Nobel Prize

Micromotives and Macrobehavior was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells feel just as fresh today. And the subject of these stories—how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group—is more important than ever. In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but-not-malicious preference to have neighbors of the same race eventually leads to completely segregated populations.

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Product Details

Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393329469
SKU
V9780393329469
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99-15

About Thomas C. Schelling
Thomas C. Schelling (1921—2016) was the co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science and the Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Reviews for Micromotives and Macrobehavior
"Schelling's [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare."
Robert H. Frank - New York Times

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