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Dear Undercover Economist: Priceless Advice on Money, Work, Sex, Kids, and Life's Other Challenges - Community Reviews back

by Tim Harford
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kingsoupnut
kingsoupnut rated it 9 years ago
'Martin Wolf is correct to suggest that sweatshops are better than the horrors that came before them, and a step on the road to something better.' Controversial and yet when explained in the context of China as a rising global economy I am inclined to agree with it. (I won't continue, otherwise I'...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it 11 years ago
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford Full disclosure--Tim Hartford runs my absolute favourite radio programme ever: BBC Radio 4's More or Less, a topical statistics programme. Yes, you heard me right. Basically, they do fact-checking on audience-recommended bizarre-sounding statistics. It's funn...
nouveau
nouveau rated it 12 years ago
20% footnotes and the "index" (unnecessary for an ebook).think I gotta actually start punishing books for this, 2.99 or not.
My Bookathone
My Bookathone rated it 13 years ago
The book presents most realistic scenarios of day to day life in most economical way, and defines a pocket friendly aspect of it. A book away from heart and closer to pocket!
XOX
XOX rated it 17 years ago
A really good book on how an economist view the world. The way he explain market and the messy way to deal with sweatshops is insightful.
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