Free Market Madness Why Human Nature Is at Odds with Economics--And Why It Matters

Name: Free Market Madness Why Human Nature Is at Odds with Economics--And Why It Matters
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ISBN: 9781422126097

ISBN-10: 1422126099

ISBN-13: 9781422126097

Edition: 2009

Authors: Peter A. Ubel

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This title provides a new way of thinking about human behaviour and how it affects economic theory.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date: 12/16/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 257
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




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