Dear Undercover Economist: The very best letters from the Dear Economist column - Brossura

Harford, Tim

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ISBN 10: 1408701553 ISBN 13: 9781408701553

Casa editrice: Little, Brown, 2009

Riassunto

Are there tangible benefits in flossing? Is it wrong to fake orgasms? What does the perfect online dating ad look like? Should we bother doing the ironing? Is it really impossible to buy the perfect Christmas gift? (Other than this book, of course.)

Economists might not be the first people you would think of to give you advice on such diverse areas as parenting, the intricacies of etiquette or the dark arts of seduction. But for years bestselling author Tim Harford has been doing just that: answering the most challenging questions in his brilliant column, where he uses the tools of economics to give practical advice about everyday dilemmas, conundrums and concerns. From family rows and the stock market to buying socks or speed dating, you'll find within these pages a witty - and of course rational - explanation for almost everything you ever wanted to know about life.

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Recensione

Tim Harford is a riveting expositor of the field, lively and fair minded, and his books The Undercover Economist and its macroeconomic companion piece The Undercover Economist Strikes Back are excellent places to start, both because they are so interesting in themselves and also because they give a good initiation in how economists think and study these sorts of questions (John Lanchester)

Descrizione del libro

* The very best letters from Tim Harford's celebrated FINANCIAL TIMES 'Dear Economist' column, collected here in one volume for the first time

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• Editore: Little, Brown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1408701553
• ISBN 13: 9781408701553
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192