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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 hugely popular book, he applies economic theory to today's most pressing concerns, answering a diverse range of daring questions, such as:
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Whether these are nagging questions you've always had, or ones you never even thought to ask, this new edition of The Armchair Economist turns the eternal ideas of economic theory into concrete answers that you can use to navigate the challenges of contemporary life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The truth about Economics
- De Captain Amazing! en 02-01-03
De: Henry Hazlitt
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- De: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrado por: Stephen J. Dubner
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
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Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of...well, everything. The inner working of a crack gang...the truth about real-estate agents...the secrets of the Klu Klux Klan. What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking, and Freakonomics will redefine the way we view the modern world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but be careful
- De Shackleton en 07-03-08
De: Steven D. Levitt, y otros
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Good Economics for Hard Times
- Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
- De: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 14 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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audio is not The best format for a book like this
- De CB en 12-08-19
De: Abhijit V. Banerjee, y otros
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Capitalism and Freedom, Fortieth Anniversary Edition
- De: Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman, Grover Gardner - prologue
- Narrado por: Michael Edwards
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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How can we benefit from the promise of government while avoiding the threat it poses to individual freedom? In this classic book, Milton Friedman provides the definitive statement of his immensely influential economic philosophy - one in which competitive capitalism serves as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A poor execution of a great book.
- De Mike S. en 01-25-18
De: Milton Friedman, y otros
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Applied Economics
- Thinking Beyond Stage One: Second Edition
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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Applied Economics is an accessible guide to how our economic decisions develop. It explains the application of economics to major world problems, including housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations. The book is based on an international view of economics, includes examples from around the world, and shows how certain incentives and constraints produce similar outcomes among disparate peoples and cultures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Look at the long term...it's important!
- De Eunice en 07-20-09
De: Thomas Sowell
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- De: Richard H. Thaler
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,462
Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth - and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book if it's your first about Behav. Econ
- De Jay Friedman en 09-30-15
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The Winner's Curse
- Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
- De: Richard H. Thaler
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
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Richard Thaler challenges the received economic wisdom by revealing many of the paradoxes that abound even in the most painstakingly constructed transactions. He presents literate, challenging, and often funny examples of such anomalies as why the winners at auctions are often the real losers - they pay too much and suffer the "winner's curse"; why gamblers bet on long shots at the end of a losing day; why shoppers will save on one appliance only to pass up the identical savings on another; and more.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great book not a great audiobook
- De Jenni en 03-11-21
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Principles of Economics
- De: Saifedean Ammous
- Narrado por: Saifedean Ammous
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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Principles of Economics is a university-level textbook in economics that offers a clear and concise exploration of the most important economic concepts. This book is unapologetically Austrian in its approach. It tackles major economic concepts and topics independently, but in a logical sequence aimed at delivering the listener an understanding of economics at an individual and societal level, and the widespread implications of economics as a topic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was already a fan of the Austrian school
- De PublicName en 10-13-23
De: Saifedean Ammous
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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 28 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 10
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In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can’t believe how fascinating this book was.
- De Sarah W. en 03-05-24
De: Thomas Sowell
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Predictably Irrational
- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- De: Dan Ariely
- Narrado por: Simon Jones
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,504
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,769
In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good lessons, mediocre science?
- De William Stanger en 02-24-09
De: Dan Ariely
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Noise
- A Flaw in Human Judgment
- De: Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,388
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,118
From the best-selling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the co-author of Nudge, and the author of You Are About to Make a Terrible Mistake! comes Noise, a revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments, and how to control both noise and cognitive bias.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Z28 en 05-31-21
De: Daniel Kahneman, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Armchair Economist
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- Marc
- 04-03-19
Should have liked it
I wanted to like it much more than I did. And I should have liked it much more than I did. I have read almost every popular-economics book out there, but this one was unfortunately one of my least favourites. Sometimes the author is just kind of dumb about the reasons behind some things. He seems to forget that people are humans, to the strong detriment of his reasoning. I think also the book lacks enough narrative. As it is it is quite dry.
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- A. Yoshida
- 01-17-20
More for Someone Interested in Studying Economics
The author should have left out the economic analysis of law and legal disputes (how the economy is better or worse off depending on which party wins), his economic musings that have no answers, and his views on environmentalism (similar to his views on religion - don't impose on those who don't believe). This book is probably more interesting for people who want study economics rather than the general public.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-05-21
Still relevant today.
Wonderful starting place for economics or logic. I found it easy to follow and have recommended to others.
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- Ericarseneau
- 11-08-19
Had high hopes
It starts off quite good and what was described was exactly what I was looking for. However, I can't really put my finger on it, but the author is very conceited and does not really take the time to explain the why something is true. He has some valid points, however most of his statements are presented without enough support to make you believe them. He does not spend any time helping you understand why certain logic statements he makes are true. Did I say he is quite conceited, just did not come off as very likable :(
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