Bibliograph

The undercover economist, exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car!, Tim Harford

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The undercover economist, exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car!, Tim Harford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The undercover economist

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

59098699

Responsibility statement

Tim Harford

Sub title

exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car!

Summary

An entertaining and pain-free introduction to the key concepts of economics, by a Financial Times writer, this book is part field guide to economics and part exposé of the economic principles lurking behind daily events. Reporting back from Africa, Asia, Europe, and your local Starbucks, author Harford shows us the world through the eyes of an economist, and reveals that everyday events are in fact intricate games of negotiations, contests of strength, and battles of wits. He explains: why picking stocks is like picking a line in the supermarket; the connection between a drunken frat party and getting stuck in traffic; how coffee companies use fair trade products to skim money from customers--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Who pays for your coffee? -- What supermarkets don't want you to know -- Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- Crosstown traffic -- The inside story -- Rational insanity -- The men who knew the value of nothing -- Why poor countries are poor -- Beer, fries and globalization -- How China grew rich

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