Tim Harford, Author . Random $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6642-1
Financial Times
and Slate.com columnist Harford (The Undercover Economist)
provides an entertaining and provocative look at the logic behind the seemingly irrational. Arguing that rational behavior is more widespread than most people expect,...
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Tim Harford, Author Oxford University Press $35 (276p) ISBN 978-0-19-518977-3
Nattily packaged-the cover sports a Roy Lichtensteinesque image of an economist in Dick Tracy garb-and cleverly written, this book applies basic economic theory to such modern phenomena as Starbucks' pricing system and Microsoft's stock values....
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Tim Harford. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-10096-4
Harford's newest (after The Undercover Economist) is a look at the concept of adaptation, both evolutionary and business-oriented. He examines everything from the lives of colorful guppies to the complex inner workings of oil companies with the...
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Tim Harford. Riverhead, $27.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-59463-140-5
In his follow-up to The Undercover Economist, Financial Times columnist Harford brings vigor and even humor to otherwise dry topics such as the difference between GDP and GDP per capita. Presented as a Socratic dialogue between Harford and the...
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Tim Harford. Riverhead, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-59463-479-6
Journalist Harford (The Undercover Economist) explores the counterintuitive theory that disorder is at the heart of innovation. His evidence includes the creative genius inspired by the randomness of record producer Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies...
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Tim Harford, read by Cameron Stewart and Gavin Osborne. Penguin Audio, library edition, unabridged, six CDs, 7.5 hours $59.99 ISBN 978-1-62923-255-3;
Harford provides an engaging exploration of macroeconomics that listeners will enjoy and learn from. His clear explanations, light-hearted attitude, and ability to make sense of the dense concepts and history of economics will come as a relief to...
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Michael U. Klein, Author, Tim Harford, Author, Tim Herford, Author World Bank Publications $18 (120p) ISBN 978-0-8213-6228-0
Klein is vice-president for private sector development for the World Bank and for the International Finance Corporation, as well as the IFC's chief economist; Harford is an economist at the IFC. Together, they offer an analysis of the global aid...
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