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Steven E. Landsburg
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The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life
Автор: Steven E. Landsburg Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20122010-12-30
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Why does popcorn cost so much at the movies? When does it make sense not to recycle? Why are laws against polygamy detrimental to women? Steven Landsburg, noted economist, demystifies the economics of everyday behaviour in these witty and accessible essays. Professor Landsburg examines everything from taxes, unemployment and illiteracy to the mating game, the death penalty and environmentalism to solve the puzzling questions that occur in daily living. Both controversial and humourous, The Armchair Economist is about the things that we find mysterious, and why we find them mysterious, and shows how the laws of economics can reveal themselves in surprising ways. Put your convictions to the test with the Armchair Economist.
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More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics
Автор: Steven E. Landsburg Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 сентября 20142011-10-23
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With his long-running 'Everyday Economics' column in Slate and his popular book, The Armchair Economist, Steven Landsburg has been leading the pack of economists who are transforming their science from a drab meditation on graphs and charts into a fascinating window on human nature. Now he's back and more provocative than ever with surprises on virtually every page. In More Sex is Safer Sex, Professor Landsburg offers readers a series of stimulating discussions that all flow from one unsettling fact. Combining the rational decisions of each of us often produces an irrational result for all of us. Avoiding casual sex can actually encourage the spread of diseases. To solve population pressures, we need more people. In his tantalizing, entertaining narrative, Landsburg guides us through these shocking notions by the light of compelling logic and evidence and makes suggestions along the way: Why not charge juries if a convicted felon is exonerated? Why not let firemen keep the property they rescue? As entertaining as it is inflammatory, More Sex is Safer Sex will make readers think about their decisions in unforgettable ways — and spark debate over much that we all take for granted.
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The Big Questions
Автор: Steven E. Landsburg Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20122013-09-24
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What's wrong with stealing? What's the best way to blood test a pot-bellied pig? Should we tolerate intolerance? In the wake of his enormously popular books, The Armchair Economist and More Sex is Safer Sex, Steven Landsburg uses concepts from maths, economics and physics to address the big questions in philosophy: Where does knowledge come from? What's the difference between right and wrong? Do our beliefs matter? Is it possible to know everything? Provocative, utterly entertaining and always surprising, The Big Questions challenges readers to re-evaluate their most fundamental beliefs and reveals the relationship between the loftiest philosophical quests and our everyday lives.
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