{"product_id":"should-you-tip-for-takeout-saul-levmore-9781567928778","title":"Should You Tip for Takeout?: Solving the Puzzles of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thinking person's book of big answers to small questions. Applying tools for rationality from economics, law, and elsewhere to the everyday puzzles reveals fresh ways to consider problems of any size--including whether to tip for takeout.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn how to make better decisions in ordinary life. Does safely driving over the speed limit hurt anyone? Should you be allowed to spy on sports opponents? Is it fair to recline your seat on an airplane? Should you let someone who's in a hurry cut in line? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSaul Levmore and Ward Farnsworth invite you on a witty, accessible, and insightful tour of life's little puzzles and ways to understand them better. As the authors show, analyzing common questions is both fun and deeply rewarding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this isn't just a book about practical wisdom to make better choices--it presents a toolkit for a more rational life. Learn how \u003ci\u003eBayesian updating\u003c\/i\u003e applies to getting a bad medical test. Discover how \u003ci\u003eoptimal-stopping theory\u003c\/i\u003e applies to making the best choice whether buying a home, looking for a job, or finding the right life partner. See the hidden \u003ci\u003ezero-sum game\u003c\/i\u003e in buying a lifetime pass to anything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTo paraphrase the authors: Aids to rationality are most enjoyable, and easiest to learn about, when you meet them in familiar settings, so that's where we'll see them in action--with many insights along the way about business, politics, and the rest of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis is a friendly, funny, and deeply smart compendium devoted to the art of better thinking. It offers food for thought and conversation as well as a way to navigate those \"should I\" questions that define our lives. The authors' love of teaching shines through in this fascinating book that you'll want to read more than once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saul Levmore,Ward Farnsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1567928773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781567928778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Saul Levmore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874538565887,"sku":"9781567928778","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/should-you-tip-for-takeout-saul-levmore-9781567928778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}