Dear undercover economist : priceless advice on money, work, sex, kids, and life's other challanges / Tim Harford.

By:

Harford, Tim, 1973-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2009.Description: xii, 226 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780812980103
0812980107

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330 22

LOC classification:

HB74.P8 H374 2009

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HB74.P8 H374 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	3	1	Available		00000075156

Includes index.

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.

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