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10 out of 10 people (100%) think this is worth consuming…

0195189779
The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!
by Tim Harford
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5 people are consuming this.

11 people have consumed this.

2 entries have been written about this.

Hippopottoman
Waterloo

A review of this — 1 year ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

Very enjoyable. Starts with basic examples explaining how the value of a resource changes depending on the availability of comparable resources and moves on to describe externalities and comparative advantage. I especially enjoyed the sections on US Healthcare and China’s recent growth.
Not the best “economics for laypeople” book I’ve read, as the style wasn’t quite as engaging as that in Freakonimcs, but well worth your time. Then again, maybe I would’ve enjoyed it more if I hadn’t put it down for 3 weeks while on vacation…

Hippopottoman
Waterloo

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming this — 1 year ago

WORTH CONSUMING!

For starters, when I added it as “consuming”, AllConsuming assigned a date a week in the past. Very odd. Second, I have to stop reading it and return it to the library while I’m in Japan.


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