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The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford
Why coffee costs what it does, how supermarkets price, why poor countries stay poor: economics through everyday puzzles. Harford's first and still his most fun.
Read it if…
you want economics explained through daily life.
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Skip it if…
you want a textbook.
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Three things you will actually use
- Scarcity power sets prices.
- Markets reveal information.
- Incentives explain behavior.
Do this first
Read the chapter on coffee.
Our verdict
Economics undercover.
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