The undercover economist : exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car! /
An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events, explaining everything from traffic jams to high coffee prices. The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780199726622 0199726620 1423746775 9781423746775 1602565740 9781602565746 1280560584 9781280560583 9786610560585 6610560587 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; ONE Who Pays For Your Coffee?; TWO What Supermarkets Don't Want You To Know; THREE Perfect Markets And The "World Truth"; FOUR Crosstown Traffic; FIVE The Inside Story; SIX Rational Insanity; SEVEN The Men Who Knew the Value of Nothing; EIGHT Why Poor Countries Are Poor; NINE Beer, Fries, and Globalization; TEN How China Grew Rich; Notes; Index.