The armchair economist
Subtitle: economics and everyday life
By: Steven E. Landsburg
Publisher: Pocket; POCKET BOOKS
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781847395252
Subjects: Sociological aspects; Economics; Alltag; Wirtschaft
Description: Why does popcorn cost so much at the movies? When does it make sense not to recycle? Steven Landsburg demystifies the economics of everyday behaviour in these witty and accessible essays. He examines everything from taxes, unemployment and illiteracy to the mating game, the death penalty and environmentalism.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Free Press, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: What life is all about; title: Good and evil; title: How to read the news; title: How markets work; title: The pitfalls of science; title: The pitfalls of religion.