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Undercover Economist Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

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ISBN-10: 0195189779

ISBN-13: 9780195189773

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tim Harford

List price: $35.00
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An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events, explaining everything from traffic jams to high coffee prices. The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why they can't seem to find a decent second-hand car, or how to outwit Starbucks. This book offers the hidden story behind these and other questions, as economist Tim Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, and coffee chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Tim Harford is the author of The Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life, and Adapt. He writes two columns for the Financial Times, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, Esquire, Parade, New York, and Wired. He lives with his family in Oxford.

Introduction
Who Pays for Your Coffee?
What Supermarkets Don't Want You to Know
Perfect Markets and the "World of Truth"
Crosstown Traffic
The Inside Story
Rational Insanity
The Men Who Knew the Value of Nothing
Why Poor Countries Are Poor
Beer, Fries, and Globalization
How China Grew Rich
Notes
Index