The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World - Couverture souple

Harford, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0812977874 ISBN 13 : 9780812977875

Editeur : Random House Group, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House Group
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0812977874
• ISBN 13: 9780812977875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible