The Armchair Economist
by Steven E. Landsburg
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0029177758
- ISBN 13
- 9780029177754
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Free Press. Very Good. 25cm. Hardcover. 1993. 241 pages. <br>Seat belts cause accidents because well-protected drivers take more risks. This widely documented fact comes as a s urprise to most people, but not to economists, who have learned, perhaps better than most, to take seriously the proposition that people respond to incentives in complicated ways. In The Armchair ... .
Synopsis
The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life is a 1993 economics book written by noted professor of economics Steven Landsburg. The underlying theme of the book, as Landsburg states on the first page, is that "[m]ost of economics can be summarized in four words: People respond to incentives. " With this apparently innocuous observation, Landsburg discusses some unexpected effects of various policies such as automobile safety legislation and environmental policies.
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- Title
- The Armchair Economist
- Author
- Steven E. Landsburg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0029177758
- ISBN 13
- 9780029177754
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Economics, --, Sociological, aspects,, Economics, Related, to, Sociology,, Dewey:, 306.3
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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