The Logic of Life

The Logic of Life
Author :
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages : 267
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812977875
ISBN-13 : 0812977874
Rating : 4/5 (874 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Logic of Life by : Tim Harford

Download or read book The Logic of Life written by Tim Harford and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions–and you might be surprised to hear the answers coming from an economist. But award-winning journalist Tim Harford likes to spring surprises. In this deftly reasoned book, he argues that life is logical after all. Under the surface of everyday insanity, hidden incentives are at work, and Harford shows these incentives emerging in the most unlikely places.


The Logic of Life Related Books

The Logic of Life
Language: en
Pages: 267
Authors: Tim Harford
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-10 - Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On
Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
Language: en
Pages: 430
Authors: Roy W. Bahl
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in cities. Catchphrases such as “metropolitan areas are the engines t
China's Local Public Finance in Transition
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Joyce Y. Man
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

China's economy has developed rapidly since the economic reforms in 1978, but public finance reforms have proceeded more slowly. This book looks at three major
Public Finance in China
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Jiwei Lou
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-01-31 - Publisher: World Bank Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Since 1980, China's economy has been the envy of the world. Is annual growth rate of more than 9 percent during this period makes China today the world's fourth
Public Financial Management and Its Emerging Architecture
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Mr. M. Cangiano
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-05 - Publisher: International Monetary Fund

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first two decades of the twenty-first century have witnessed an influx of innovations and reforms in public financial management. The current wave of reform