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The Armchair Economist
by Steven E. Landsburg
Economic logic applied to seat belts, recycling, taxes and ticket prices, with the delight of counterintuitive answers. Sharp, contrarian and fun to argue with.
Read it if…
you enjoy counterintuitive reasoning.
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Skip it if…
you want consensus views.
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Three things you will actually use
- Incentives have side effects.
- Think at the margin.
- Question the obvious.
Do this first
Read the chapter on seat belts.
Our verdict
Contrarian economics.
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