Can You Outsmart An Economist?
100+ Puzzles to Train Your Brain
Seiten
2018
Harper Business (Verlag)
978-1-328-48986-9 (ISBN)
Harper Business (Verlag)
978-1-328-48986-9 (ISBN)
Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaimed author and professor of economics, dares you to try.
In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional economics primer, he brings together over one hundred puzzles and brainteasers that illustrate the subject’s key concepts and pitfalls. From warm-up exercises to get your brain working, to logic and probability problems, to puzzles covering more complex topics like inferences, strategy, and irrationality, Can You Outsmart an Economist? will retrain your brain and expand the way you think about human decision-making and problem solving. Before you know it, you’ll be thinking like an economics expert. And you’ll never read the news the same way again.
Perfect for readers at all levels, from amateurs and students to professionals and professors, Can You Outsmart an Economist? is a delightful collection that will challenge, satisfy, and inform. Let the games begin!
In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional economics primer, he brings together over one hundred puzzles and brainteasers that illustrate the subject’s key concepts and pitfalls. From warm-up exercises to get your brain working, to logic and probability problems, to puzzles covering more complex topics like inferences, strategy, and irrationality, Can You Outsmart an Economist? will retrain your brain and expand the way you think about human decision-making and problem solving. Before you know it, you’ll be thinking like an economics expert. And you’ll never read the news the same way again.
Perfect for readers at all levels, from amateurs and students to professionals and professors, Can You Outsmart an Economist? is a delightful collection that will challenge, satisfy, and inform. Let the games begin!
Steven E. Landsburg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of More Sex Is Safer Sex, The Big Questions, and the hugely popular The Armchair Economist, among others. He has written for Forbes, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He lives in Pittsford, NY.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 256 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-328-48986-8 / 1328489868 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-328-48986-9 / 9781328489869 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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