Dear undercover economist : priceless advice on money, work, sex, kids, and life's other challanges /
Harford, Tim, 1973-
Dear undercover economist : priceless advice on money, work, sex, kids, and life's other challanges / Tim Harford. - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2009. - xii, 226 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction : can economics make you happier? -- Speed dating with a money-back guarantee -- How to spend your lottery winnings -- Efficient protocols for the lavatory seat -- How to fool a wine snob -- Selling Michigan to the Chinese.
In the first collection of his popular Financial Times columns, Undercover Economist Tim Harford offers witty, charming, and at times caustic answers to our most pressing concerns--all through the lens of economics. Does money buy happiness? Can cities be greener than farms? Can you really "dress for success"? When's the best time to settle down? Harford provides hilarious, unexpected, and wise answers to these and other questions. Arranged by topic, easy to read, and hard to put down, Dear Undercover Economist lends an outrageous, compassionate, and indispensable perspective on anything that may irk or ail you--a book well worth the investment.--From publisher description.
9780812980103 0812980107
2009005682
Economics.
Economics--Psychological aspects.
Conduct of life--Economic aspects.
HB74.P8 / H374 2009
330
Dear undercover economist : priceless advice on money, work, sex, kids, and life's other challanges / Tim Harford. - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2009. - xii, 226 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction : can economics make you happier? -- Speed dating with a money-back guarantee -- How to spend your lottery winnings -- Efficient protocols for the lavatory seat -- How to fool a wine snob -- Selling Michigan to the Chinese.
In the first collection of his popular Financial Times columns, Undercover Economist Tim Harford offers witty, charming, and at times caustic answers to our most pressing concerns--all through the lens of economics. Does money buy happiness? Can cities be greener than farms? Can you really "dress for success"? When's the best time to settle down? Harford provides hilarious, unexpected, and wise answers to these and other questions. Arranged by topic, easy to read, and hard to put down, Dear Undercover Economist lends an outrageous, compassionate, and indispensable perspective on anything that may irk or ail you--a book well worth the investment.--From publisher description.
9780812980103 0812980107
2009005682
Economics.
Economics--Psychological aspects.
Conduct of life--Economic aspects.
HB74.P8 / H374 2009
330