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- 9781416532224
- Book Title
- More Sex Is Safer Sex : the Unconventional Wisdom of Economics
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
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- Genre
- Business & Economics, Social Science, Philosophy
- Topic
- Economics / Macroeconomics, General, Economic Conditions, Popular Culture, Essays
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- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Economics is no longer the "dismal science" dreaded by college freshmen. In recent years, a band of economists has broken away from the charts and graphs of college textbooks, and begun to explain ordinary behavior in plain and often entertaining English. Steve Landsburg was one of the first of the new breed, in his book "The Armchair Economist" and long-running "Everyday Economics" column in "Slate" magazine. Now he is back, and more provocative than ever. In "More Sex is Safer Sex," Landsburg shows how the rational behavior of each one of us -- when combined together -- produces the often bizarre, seemingly irrational behavior of crowds. We all stand up at the ballpark, so none of us can see. We avoid casual sex, from fear of disease, and we thereby make sex more dangerous. Things really get interesting when Landsburg suggests ways to change the rules, and game the system. Why not charge juries if a convicted felon is exonerated? Why not have each member of Congress represent a national subset of voters, chosen alphabetically? Why not solve the ""overpopulation"" problem by having more children, who will help think of ways to improve our use of resources?"More Sex is Safer Sex" will make you laugh and argue -- and it will make you think about the world around you in new and unforgettable ways.
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Free Press
ISBN-10
1416532226
ISBN-13
9781416532224
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Book Title
More Sex Is Safer Sex : the Unconventional Wisdom of Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Economics / Macroeconomics, General, Economic Conditions, Popular Culture, Essays
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Business & Economics, Social Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
288 Pages
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Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
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Hb849.44
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"Steve Landsburg is one of my favorite economics writers, and his new book is no exception. While I don't always agree with him, he usually gets me thinking, and he always entertains." -- Greg Mankiw, former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and author of Principles of Economics, "Steve Landsburg proves once again that he is better than anyone else at making economics interesting to noneconomists. Landsburg is provocative and playful in his mission to demonstrate how an understanding of economics will change the way you live your daily life. I loved this book."-- Steven D. Levitt, coauthor ofFreakonomics, "Long before the 'pop economists' there was Steven Landsburg, writing funny, jargon-free, shocking, and true essays on our material circumstances. But Landsburg knows something that other authors of bestsellers on the subject don't. He knows everything. Economics is not the study of money; it's the study of value. Everything is determined by our values. The science of everything is what economics is. And here, in More Sex , what the reader will find is -- everything." -- P. J. O'Rourke, "Steve Landsburg is one of my favorite economics writers, and his new book is no exception. While I don't always agree with him, he usually gets me thinking, and he always entertains."-- Greg Mankiw, former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and author of Principles of Economics, "Long before the 'pop economists' there was Steven Landsburg, writing funny, jargon-free, shocking, and true essays on our material circumstances. But Landsburg knows something that other authors of bestsellers on the subject don't. He knows everything. Economics is not the study of money; it's the study of value. Everything is determined by our values. The science of everything is what economics is. And here, inMore Sex, what the reader will find is -- everything."-- P. J. O'Rourke, "Steve Landsburg proves once again that he is better than anyone else at making economics interesting to noneconomists. Landsburg is provocative and playful in his mission to demonstrate how an understanding of economics will change the way you live your daily life. I loved this book."-- Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics, "Steve Landsburg proves once again that he is better than anyone else at making economics interesting to noneconomists. Landsburg is provocative and playful in his mission to demonstrate how an understanding of economics will change the way you live your daily life. I loved this book." -- Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics, "Long before the 'pop economists' there was Steven Landsburg, writing funny, jargon-free, shocking, and true essays on our material circumstances. But Landsburg knows something that other authors of bestsellers on the subject don't. He knows everything. Economics is not the study of money; it's the study of value. Everything is determined by our values. The science of everything is what economics is. And here, in More Sex , what the reader will find is -- everything."-- P. J. O'Rourke, "Steve Landsburg is one of my favorite economics writers, and his new book is no exception. While I don't always agree with him, he usually gets me thinking, and he always entertains."-- Greg Mankiw, former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and author of "Principles of Economics"
Table of Content
CONTENTS Acknowledgments Preface: Unconventional Wisdom PART I:The Communal Stream 1. More Sex Is Safer Sex Addendum 2. Be Fruitful and Multiply 3. What I Like about Scrooge 4. Who's the Fairest of Them All? 5. Children at Work PART II:How to Fix Everything 6. How to Fix Politics 7. How to Fix the Justice System 8. How to Fix Everything Else How to Fight Fires How to Fight Crime How to Prevent Accidents How to Fight Pollution How to Solve the Kidney Shortage How to Fight Grade Inflation How to Shorten Waiting Lines PART III:Everyday Economics 9. Go Figure 10. Oh No! It's a Girl! 11. The High Price of Motherhood PART IV:The Big Questions 12. Giving Your All A Defense of Pure Reason 13. The Central Banker of the Soul 14. How to Read the News Racial Profiling Disaster Relief The Sack of Baghdad Global Warming, Local Crowding My Barnes and Noble Trade Deficit An Outsourcing Fable The New Racism 15. Matters of Life and Death 16. Things That Make Me Squirm Appendix Index
Copyright Date
2008
Dewey Decimal
330
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Trade
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22
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