The undercover economist

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1. Eddy_Viscosity2Dec 2022
   The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich are Rich, the Poor are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

   by Tim Harford

   This book very much changed my understanding of home international finance worked and why.

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2. archontesMay 2021
   Affecting drivers at the petrol station is exactly what needs to happen. Pricing in externalities is how free markets deal with the effects of behavior.

   If prices increase, demand will fall, and the price will fall, and a new equilibrium will be arrived at.

   I'd like to recommend taking a look at The Undercover Economist. It can be had for cheap.

   https://www.amazon.com/Undercover-Economist-Tim-Harford/dp/0...

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3. toto444Feb 2021
   You probably don't know much about Economics and have a very distorted view on what it is. You should definitely try reading something like the Undercover Economist by Tim Harford which is a pleasant read and a good introduction to the way economists think. Economists try to understand the world using a very consistent approach. It can seem strange at first but it is very deep.

   By the way, the way economists think has been deeply influenced by John Von Neumanm who has also had a deep influence on computer science (assuming that's your thing) so you may find some interesting overlap.

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4. kqrAug 2020
   Most recently in The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford.

   I can't give a full recommendation because it's recent enough that I'm still only about halfway through it, but overall it has been worth a read so far. (I found some chapters dull -- in particular the bits about the 2008 financial crisis have just not interested me -- but I have high hopes it will regain my interest again in the rest of the chapters.)

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5. GnarlJul 2020
   "The Body Electric" & "Cross Currents" by Dr. Robert O. Becker got me into health effects of wireless radiation exposures.

   "The undercover economist" by Tim Harford got me interested in economics.

   "Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky on community organizing.

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6. elliusDec 2019
   • The Revolt of the Public: No book has done a better job of describing the current moment in history

   • Masters of Doom: Reminded me what it means to care about work and have fun doing it

   • Team of Rivals: A remarkable work of history and portrait of a man

   • The Undercover Economist

   • Fooled by Randomness

   • The Prize

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