9780195189773
The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich are Rich, the Poor are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
Tim Harford
ISBN 13: 9780195189773
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
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"A playful guide to the economics of everyday life...For anyone schooled in blackboard economics, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST succeeds in taking the chalkdust out of the subject."
Economist, 11/03/2005
Review:"[Hartford's] style is breezy, no-nonsense. [He] explains phenomena such as price-gouging, externality charges and the 'race to the bottom' with great clarity....THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is part primer, part consciousness raiser, part self-help manual."
Alex Danchev, Times Literary Supplement, 07/13/2007
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