Description
'What Landsburg argues is that a world run solely on an economic basis would produce some bad things, some good things, but that the good or the bad outcome is incidental'
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Présentation de l'éditeur
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 E. 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 humorous, The Armchair Economist demystifies the economics of everyday behaviour, and shows how the laws of economics can reveal themselves in surprising ways.
Put your convictions to the test with The Armchair Economist. --Ce texte fait référence à lédition Broché .
When does it make sense not to recycle?
Why are laws against polygamy detrimental to women?
Steven E. 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 humorous, The Armchair Economist demystifies the economics of everyday behaviour, and shows how the laws of economics can reveal themselves in surprising ways.
Put your convictions to the test with The Armchair Economist. --Ce texte fait référence à lédition Broché .
Quatrième de couverture
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 E. 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 humorous, The Armchair Economist demystifies the economics of everyday behaviour, and shows how the laws of economics can reveal themselves in surprising ways.
Put your convictions to the test with The Armchair Economist.
'Landsburg valiantly turns the discussion of vexing economic questions into an activity that ordinary people might enjoy' Wall Street Journal
Thumbnail of More Sex Is Safer Sex with line: Also available by Steven E. Landsburg: More Sex Is Safer Sex --Ce texte fait référence à lédition Broché .
When does it make sense not to recycle?
Why are laws against polygamy detrimental to women?
Steven E. 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 humorous, The Armchair Economist demystifies the economics of everyday behaviour, and shows how the laws of economics can reveal themselves in surprising ways.
Put your convictions to the test with The Armchair Economist.
'Landsburg valiantly turns the discussion of vexing economic questions into an activity that ordinary people might enjoy' Wall Street Journal
Thumbnail of More Sex Is Safer Sex with line: Also available by Steven E. Landsburg: More Sex Is Safer Sex --Ce texte fait référence à lédition Broché .
Biographie de l'auteur
Steven E. Landsburg writes the popular 'Everyday Economics' column in Slate magazine and has also written for Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He teaches in the department of economics at the University of Rochester.
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