The Logic of Life by Tim Harford (ISBN:0812977874)

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		The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
	
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(139 Readers)

			Tim Harford		
	
Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does...more
 Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions–and you might be surprised to hear the answers coming from an economist. But award-winning journalist Tim Harford likes to spring surprises. In this deftly reasoned book, he argues that life is logical after all. Under the surface of everyday insanity, hidden incentives are at work, and Harford shows these incentives emerging in the most unlikely places.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
An excellent look at the world rationally. The book explains how people think and act rationally even if we feel otherwise. Rational behaviour exists in every human act, whether it is crime, divorce or buying services.

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							Manish
						
							few weeks ago						
Not upto undercover economist

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I liked it, but i thought it's really weird how half of the studies he discusses and authors that he mentions are discussed at length in Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. i don't know how that happened.so, since I read Predictably Irrational first, I felt like I've heard most of this before. So, just pick one of these books, not both.

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							Tan
						
							few weeks ago						
An extension of his earlier book about how many of society's phenomenon can be explained by economic theory. A little dry- I thought his first book Undercover Economist was better.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Same' Same' but different!!! a lot like Dan Ariley book "The upside of irrationality' I thought his first book Undercover Economist was better... if your into books' like Freakonomics and Gladwell, you'll enjoy this one too!!!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Definitely recommended.  I mean, not a great book, but worth your time, particularly if you haven't already read much of the recent wave of popular economics books since Freakonomics.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Life little pleasures + economic theories to explain them = Pure Happiness!

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							Adrian
						
							few weeks ago						
Life through the eyes of an Economist. If you liked Dubner and Levitt's Freakanomics or Gladwell's Tipping Point and Outliers, you may also enjoy this one.  Tim Harford takes on more uncomfortable topics like STDs, gambling, divorce, racism, sexism, etc. His basic premise is that people are rational in everything, however illogical it might seem and he supports it througout the text. There is a...more
 Life through the eyes of an Economist. If you liked Dubner and Levitt's Freakanomics or Gladwell's Tipping Point and Outliers, you may also enjoy this one.  Tim Harford takes on more uncomfortable topics like STDs, gambling, divorce, racism, sexism, etc. His basic premise is that people are rational in everything, however illogical it might seem and he supports it througout the text. There is a great amount of information in this book, way too much to take in with a single reading. I anticipate at least one more in the near future. I'd recommend this book.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
vividly explain how "rational creatures" act in economic world, very insightful

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Brilliantly clever book which explains social phenomenon (marriage, divorce, racism, even blow jobs!) through economics.  I'm still referring back to it.

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