Uncommon sense
Subtitle: economic insights, from marriage to terrorism
By: Gary S. Becker and Richard A. Posner.
Contributors: Posner, Richard A.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780226041018
Subjects: Posner, Richard A. -- Blogs; Becker, Gary Stanley, -- 1930- -- Blogs; Economics -- Miscellanea; Law and economics
Genres: Miscellanea
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Becker-Posner blog; title: Sex and population; title: The sexual revolution; title: Gay marriage; title: Polygamy; title: Sex selection; title: Immigration reform; title: Putin's population plan; title: Afterthoughts to part I; title: Property rights; title: Kelo and eminent domain; title: Pharmaceutical patents; title: Grokster, file sharing, and contributory infringement; title: Orphan drugs, intellectual property, and social welfare; title: Organ sales; title: Traffic congestion; title: Privatizing highways; title: Afterthoughts to part II; title: Universities; title: Plagiarism; title: Tenure; title: For-profit colleges; title: Ranking higher education; title: Afterthoughts to part III; title: Incentives; title: Fat tax; title: Trans fats ban; title: Libertarian paternalism; title: Chicago and big boxes; title: Afterthoughts to part IV; title: Jobs and employment; title: Judicial term limits; title: Economics of the revolving door; title: CEO compensation; title: Income inequality; title: Corporate social responsibility; title: Afterthoughts to part V; title: Environment and disasters; title: Tsunami; title: Major disasters; title: Federalism, economics, and Katrina; title: Post-catastrophe price gouging; title: Global warming and discount rates; title: Efficient water conservation; title: Afterthoughts to part VI; title: Crime and punishment and terrorism; title: Capital punishment; title: Doping athletes; title: Drunk driving; title: Internet gambling; title: Preventive war; title: Ethnic profiling; title: Privatizing security; title: Antiterrorism allocations; title: Collective punishment; title: Afterthoughts to part VII; title: The world; title: Economic and political freedom; title: Size of countries; title: Hamas, Palestine, and democracy; title: Google in China; title: Economics of national culture; title: Microfinance and development; title: World inequality; title: Foreign aid; title: Afterthoughts to part VIII.