The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life (Landsburg Steven E.)(Paperback)

The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life (Landsburg Steven E.)(Paperback)

The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg's hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist--'a delightful compendium of quotidian examples illustrating important economic and financial theories' (The Journal of Finance).In this revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg's

Undercover Economist (Harford Tim)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant and eye-opening explanation of the economics of everyday life - Britain's answer to

Can You Outsmart an Economist?: 100+ Puzzles to Train Your Brain (Landsburg Steven E.)(Paperback)

'Will delight and inform anyone who enjoys rigorous thinking and the unexpected conclusions it delivers.' -- Jamie Whyte, author of Crimes Against Logic 'This ingenious gallop through the mind of Steven Landsburg enables you to think like an economist without incurring a Keynesian headache or a

Think Like a Freak - Secrets of the Rogue Economist (Levitt Steven D.)(Paperback / softback)

Reveals secrets how to challenge conventional wisdom, unravel life's secret codes and think differently - that is, think like a

Doughnut Economics - Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Raworth Kate)(Paperback / softback)

Economics is broken, and the planet is paying the price.Unforeseen financial crises. Extreme wealth inequality. Relentless pressure on the environment. Can we go on like this? Is there an alternative?In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth lays out the seven deadly mistakes of economics

Happiness by Design - Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Everyday Life (Dolan Paul)(Paperback / softback)

As a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, the author conducts original research into the measurement of happiness and its causes and consequences, including the effects of our behaviour. In this book, he creates a new outlook on the pursuit of happiness - it's not

Economics for the Common Good (Tirole Jean)(Paperback)

From the Nobel Prize-winning economist, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in societyWhen Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by strangers and asked to comment on current events far from his own research. His transformation

Why Axis - Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life (List John)(Paperback / softback)

Based on groundbreaking original research, The Why Axis is a colourful examination of why people do what they do - and how effective incentives can spur people to change their behaviour and achieve

Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog - Life Advice For The Imperfect Human (Ariely Dan)(Paperback / softback)

Gain a new perspective on the inevitable problems of everyday

An Introduction to Geographical and Urban Economics: A Spiky World (Brakman Steven)(Paperback)

A comprehensive introduction to both urban and geographical economics: the two dominant approaches used to explain the distribution of economic activity across space. This fully revised and up-to-date third edition gives a full account of the ever-expanding body of knowledge and insights on urban

Small Is Beautiful: Economics as If People Mattered (Schumacher E. F.)(Paperback)

Small Is Beautiful is Oxford-trained economist E. F. Schumacher's classic call for the end of excessive consumption. Schumacher inspired such movements as 'Buy Locally' and 'Fair Trade,' while voicing strong opposition to 'casino capitalism' and wasteful corporate behemoths. Named one of the Times

One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth (Rodrik Dani)(Paperback)

In One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right. While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig out of poverty, success usually requires following policies that are tailored to local

Superfreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Levitt Steven D.)(Paperback)

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in SuperFreakonomics--the long awaited follow-up to their New York Times bestseller. Based on revolutionary research and original studies SuperFreakonomics promises to once again challenge your students'

The Dark Triad of Personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy in Everyday Life (Lyons Minna)(Paperback)

The Dark Triad of Personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy in Everyday Life summarizes the latest research on how these personality traits (psychopathology, narcissism, Machiavellianism) are defined and displayed, while also exploring the impact they have on individuals and

American Dreamer: The Life of Henry A. Wallace (Culver John C.)(Paperback)

The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman--loved and reviled, and finally now revealed. The first full biography of Henry A. Wallace, a visionary intellectual and one of this century's most important and controversial figures. Henry Agard Wallace was a geneticist of

Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Levitt Steven D.)(Paperback)

In the summer of 2003,The New York Times Magazinesent Stephen J. Dubner, an author and journalist, to write a profile of Steven D. Levitt, a heralded young economist at the University of Chicago. Levitt was not remotely interested in the things that interest most economists. Instead, he studied the

Acoustic Territories, Second Edition: Sound Culture and Everyday Life (LaBelle Brandon)(Paperback)

The revised edition of Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life. It provides a careful consideration of the performative dynamics inherent to sounding and listening, and discusses how sound studies may illuminate understandings of

Aesthetics of the Familiar: Everyday Life and World-Making (Saito Yuriko)(Paperback)

Yuriko Saito explores the nature and significance of the aesthetic dimensions of people's everyday life. Everyday aesthetics has the recognized value of enriching one's life experiences and sharpening one's attentiveness and sensibility. Saito draws out its broader importance for how we make our

Principles of Economics (Marshall Alfred)(Paperback)

British economist Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was one of the founders of the 'neoclassical' school in which economists studied both wealth and human behavior to understand why we make the choices we do. First published in 1890, Principles of Economics stands as Marshall's most influential work

Wild Things: The Material Culture of Everyday Life (Attfield Judy)(Paperback)

What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for 'the real thing' become so important because the high-tech world of total virtuality threatens to engulf us? This pioneering book bridges design theory and anthropology to

Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Levitt Steven D.)(Paperback / softback)

Autism / Aspergers: Solving the Relationship Puzzle (Gutstein Steven E.)(Paperback)

Steve Gutstein, a psychologist and autism specialist, has dedicated his life to bridging the social gap between children with autism and the rest of us. The result of his efforts is an innovative program--Relational Development Intervention--that takes social skills teaching to the next level

Everyday Environmentalism (Loftus Alex)(Paperback)

Everyday Environmentalism develops a conversation between marxist theories of everyday life and recent work in urban political ecology, arguing for a philosophy of praxis in relation to the politics of urban environments. Grounding its theoretical debate in empirical studies of struggles to obtain

A Life of Experimental Economics, Volume II: The Next Fifty Years (Smith Vernon L.)(Paperback)

This sequel to A Life of Experimental Economics, Volume I, continues the intimate history of Vernon Smith's personal and professional maturation after a dozen years at Purdue. The scene now shifts to twenty-six transformative years at the University of Arizona, then to George Mason University, and