The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
 

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

by Tim Harford

A Message to Amazon Readers from Author Tim Harford Give yourself a pat on the back. You're not as stupid as everyone says you are, and now there's a book that proves it. When I first conceived of The Logic of Life, my aim was to show that a world full of smart people--people like you, that is--doesn't necessarily look logical on the surface. We eat too much and worry about being fat; drink... (read more)

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Wasay
  • Rated 4 stars

This is very similar to Predictably Irrational. You should read one of the two as much of the concept is repetitive.

Nevertheless this is a highly entertaining book with well researched facts. Often funny and sometimes shocking.

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Andy McKenzie
  • Rated 2 stars

Some good stuff on statistical discrimination and people's inability to plan for the future, but all-in-all nothing we haven't seen before on the internet or in earlier, perhaps more eloquent, economics books.

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