The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Harford, Tim

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812977875)

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The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Harford, Tim

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

$17.00
The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Harford, Tim

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

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Tim Harford
ISBN-10: 0812977874
ISBN-13: 9780812977875
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2009
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.22w x 0.62d
By Tim Harford
By Tim Harford
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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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