The undercover economist
By: Tim Harford
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780199926510
Subjects: Economics; Consumer education; Economic history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the second edition; title: Introduction; title: Who pays for your coffee?; title: What supermarkets don't want you to know; title: Perfect markets and the "world of truth"; title: Crosstown traffic; title: The inside story; title: Rotten investments and rotten eggs; title: The men who knew the value of nothing; title: Why poor countries are poor; title: Beer, fries, and globalization; title: How China grew rich; title: Notes; title: Index.