Tim Harford
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'Truly eye-opening . . . There is almost no situation that Harford cannot dissect with his sharp economist's tools . . . economics has never been this cool' NEW STATESMAN If humans are so clever, why do we smoke and gamble, or take drugs, or fall in love? Is this really rational behaviour? And how...
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Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just f...
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Are there tangible benefits in flossing? Is it wrong to fake orgasms? What does the perfect online dating ad look like? Should we bother doing the ironing? Is it really impossible to buy the perfect Christmas gift? (Other than this book, of course.) Economists might not be the first people you would...
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Everything we know about solving the world's problems is wrong. Out: Plans, experts and above all, leaders. In: Adapting - improvise rather than plan; fail, learn, and try again In this groundbreaking new book, Tim Harford shows how the world's most complex and important problems - including...
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
Tim Harford
- Little brown book group digital
- 29 Août 2013
- 9781405519625
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: The Economy - A User's Manual
Tim Harford
- Little brown book group digital
- 8 Août 2013
- 9781408705421
In Tim Harford's new book The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, he sets out to explain how the whole world economy works. In this, the first chapter from the book, Harford provides a user's manual to show the nuts and bolts of what makes an economy tick. Readers should note that this ebook is just ...
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“Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world.” --Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take From the award-winning columnist and author of the national bestseller The Undercover...
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The urge to tidiness seems to be rooted deep in the human psyche. Many of us feel threatened by anything that is vague, unplanned, scattered around or hard to describe. We find comfort in having a script to rely on, a system to follow, in being able to categorise and file away. We all benefit from t...
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Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
Tim Harford
- Little brown book group digital
- 6 Juillet 2017
- 9781408709139
Based on the series produced for the BBC World ServiceA Financial Times and Bloomberg Business Week Book of the YearWho thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change the face of the legal profession? Why was the horse collar as important for human progress as the steam engine? How di...
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How to Make the World Add Up
Tim Harford
- Little brown book group digital
- 17 Septembre 2020
- 9781408712221
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A provocative and lively exploration of the increasingly important world of macroeconomics, by the author of the bestselling The Undercover Economist. Thanks to the worldwide financial upheaval, economics is no longer a topic we can ignore. From politicians to hedge-fund managers to middle-class IR...
