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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... read more
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- Von Neumann: Add a description of this character.
- Chris Ferguson
- Gary Becker
- Levitt
- Adam Smith
- Cloutier
- Gore
- Murphy
- James
- Sarah
- John List
- Marshall
- Jacobs
- Malthus
- Kagel
- Glaeser
- Roland Fryer
- Kremer
- Carrie Bradshaw
- Thomas Schelling
- Kennedy
- Eisner
- Stephen
- Darby
- Lucas
- Battalio
- Moretti
First Sentence edit
"Parents, brace yourselves."
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1. Introducing the logic of life
2. Las Vegas
3. Is divorce underrated?
4. Why your boss is overpaid
5. In the neighborhood
6. The dangers of rational racism
7. The world is spiky
8. Rational revolutions
9. A million years of logic
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Oxford PPE UA Amp P Political Economy. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tim Harford (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 15, 2008
ISBN: 1400066425
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 15, 2008
ISBN: 1400066425
Page Count: 272
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 330
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