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The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Experience

by Steven E. Landsburg

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Witty economists are about as easy to find as anorexic mezzo-sopranos, natty mujahedeen, and cheerful Philadelphians. But Steven E. Landsburg...is one economist who fits the bill. In a wide-ranging, easily digested, unbelievably contrarian survey of everything from why popcorn at movie houses costs so much to why recycling may actually reduce the number of trees on the planet, the University of Rochester professor valiantly turns the discussion of vexing economic questions into an activity that ordinary people might enjoy.

-- Joe Queenan, The Wall Street Journal

The Armchair Economist is a wonderful little book, written by someone for whom English is a first (and beloved) language, and it contains not a single graph or equation...Landsburg presents fascinating concepts in a form easily accessible to noneconomists.

-- Erik M. Jensen, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

...enormous fun from its opening page...Landsburg has done something extraordinary: He has expounded basic economic principles with wit and verve.

-- Dan Seligman, Fortune

Synopsis:

Witty economists are about as easy to find as anorexic mezzo-sopranos, natty mujahedeen, and cheerful Philadelphians. But Steven E. Landsburg...is one economist who fits the bill. In a wide-ranging, easily digested, unbelievably contrarian survey of everything from why popcorn at movie houses costs so much to why recycling may actually reduce the number of trees on the planet, the University of Rochester professor valiantly turns the discussion of vexing economic questions into an activity that ordinary people might enjoy.

-- Joe Queenan, The Wall Street Journal

The Armchair Economist is a wonderful little book, written by someone for whom English is a first (and beloved) language, and it contains not a single graph or equation...Landsburg presents fascinating concepts in a form easily accessible to noneconomists.

-- Erik M. Jensen, The Cleveland Plain Dealer

...enormous fun from its opening page...Landsburg has done something extraordinary: He has expounded basic economic principles with wit and verve.

-- Dan Seligman, Fortune

Synopsis:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235) and index.

Table of Contents

What life is all about — Good and evil — How to read the news — How markets work — The pitfalls of science — The pitfalls of religion.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780029177761
Subtitle:
Economics & Everyday Life
Author:
Landsburg, Stephen E.
Author:
Landsburg, Steven
Author:
Landsburg, Stephen E.
Author:
Landsburg, Steven E.
Publisher:
Free Press
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Economics
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Sociological aspects
Subject:
Economics - General
Subject:
General Business & Economics
Subject:
Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
103-990
Publication Date:
March 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 241 p.
Dimensions:
8.34x5.58x.63 in. .53 lbs.

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