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The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

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by Tim Harford
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tim HarfordPublish date:2009-02-10Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812977875ISBN-10:812977874UPC:9780812977875Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Economic Conditions, Economics, Corporate FinanceBook Topic:MacroeconomicsSize:7.98 x 5.22 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SCAB1C3CA5
Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions-and you might be surprised to hear the answers coming from an economist. But award-winning journalist Tim Harford likes to spring surprises. In this deftly reasoned book, he argues that life is logical after all. Under the surface of everyday insanity, hidden incentives are at work, and Harford shows these incentives emerging in the most unlikely places.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812977875ISBN-10:812977874UPC:9780812977875Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Economic Conditions, Economics, Corporate FinanceBook Topic:MacroeconomicsSize:7.98 x 5.22 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SCAB1C3CA5
Tim Harford is the author of the bestseller The Undercover Economist and The Logic of Life and a member of the editorial board of the Financial Times, where he also writes the "Dear Economist" column. He is a regular contributor to Slate, Forbes, and NPR's Marketplace. He was the host of the BBC TV series Trust Me, I'm an Economist and now presents the BBC series More or Less. Harford has been an economist at the World Bank and an economics tutor at Oxford University. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
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