by Tim Harford
'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'...
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...
20% footnotes and the "index" (unnecessary for an ebook).think I gotta actually start punishing books for this, 2.99 or not.
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!
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.