Can you outsmart an economist?
Subtitle: 100+ puzzles to train your brain
By: Steven E. Landsburg
Publisher: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781328489869
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Puzzles; Logic puzzles; Problems, exercises; Economics
Description: "From the acclaimed author of The Armchair Economist, a delightful collection of puzzles and brain teasers that provide an entertaining, informative tour of economic concepts for novices and experts alike"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-288).
Table of contents: title: Warm-ups; title: Inferences; title: Predictions; title: Explanations; title: Strategy; title: How irrational are you?; title: Law school admissions test; title: Are you smarter than Google?; title: Backward reasoning; title: Knowledge; title: Now are you smarter than Google?; title: How to make decisions; title: Matters of life and death; title: The coinflipper's dilemma; title: Albert and the dinosaurs; title: Money, trade, and finance.