Discover Your Inner Economist
Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
$43.33
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2008
Summary
One of America’s most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage-often when you least expect it to be relevant.Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions-such as incentives, signals, and markets-apply far more widely than merely to the decisions of social planners, governments, and big business. What does economic theory say about ordering from a menu? Or attracting the rig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780452289635 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0452289637 |
| Author: | Tyler Cowen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Plume |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“[Cowen’s] eclectic tastes and sophistication shine through as he grapples with the subjectivist foundations of economics.”—Anthony J. Evans, City A.M.
“Provides the reader with insight on how to overcome the problem of motivation and as well as how to make more effective choices. In this respect, Cowen has written what might be regarded as an economics self-help book… This book is not about how to do what Cowen does in a literal sense; instead, it is about how to apply one of the main principles of political economy to achieve a richer, more fulfilling life.”—The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies
“Cowen’s brilliant opus on applying economic principles to everyday life… There are so many areas in which one’s life could be made infinitely better by the application of basic economic principles.”—Megan McArdle, Atlantic Online
About The Author
Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is a prominent blogger at marginalrevolution.com, the world’s leading economics blog. He also writes regularly for The New York Times, and has written for Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wilson Quarterly.
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