The Undercover Economist

蒂姆·哈福德：《金融时报》“亲爱的经济学家”的专栏作家。在这个专栏中，他用最新的经济理论，为好奇心十足的读者提供轻松诙谐、深入浅出的答案。他同时还在世界银行工作，担任国际金融公司首席经济学家的主笔。之前，哈福德不但做过《金融时报》的经济学社评作家，还曾担任一家大型石油公司的经济学家、牛津大学的经济学教授。他现居华盛顿。可以从http://www.timharford.com/deareconomist/上阅读到哈福德的精彩评论。

出版者:Oxford University Press

作者:Tim Harford

页数:288

出版时间:2005-11-1

价格:CAD 28.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780195189773

图书标签:经济学economics经济原版finance科普哈福德economy

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An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events, explaining everything from traffic jams to high coffee prices. The Undercover Economist is for anyone who's wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why they can't seem to find a decent second-hand car, or how to outwit Starbucks. This book offers the hidden story behind these and other questions, as economist Tim Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, and coffee chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our wallets. Harford punctures the myths surrounding some of today's biggest controversies, including the high cost of health-care; he reveals why certain environmental laws can put a smile on a landlord's face; and he explains why some industries can have high profits for innocent reasons, while in other industries something sinister is going on. Covering an array of economic concepts including scarce resources, market power, efficiency, price gouging, market failure, inside information, and game theory, Harford sheds light on how these forces shape our day-to-day lives, often without our knowing it. Showing us the world through the eyes of an economist, Tim Harford reveals that everyday events are intricate games of negotiations, contests of strength, and battles of wits. Written with a light touch and sly wit, The Undercover Economist turns "the dismal science" into a true delight.

读后感

虽然是一本通俗读物，不过作者并没有为了讨好读者而过分简化内容或者为了通俗有趣而写一些低俗而无聊的故事。整本书基于作者认为比较基础且重要的经济学理论，配以大量在各个国家发生的真实的、生动的、贴切的实例，阐释了市场失灵的3个原因和具体的解决方法。 我一直认为，一...  

写的挺好，用经济学的知识实实在在的，分析了我们生活中遇到的各种现象，以及国家治理中的各种问题（不是政治角度），令人耳目一新：原来经济学是真的有用的。它是一门与现实紧密相连的学问。不似法学，法学的渊源流传的思想你不去了解，好像对你我也没什么。 在这种有用的趋势...

1.星巴克为什么风靡？是他的服务很好，口味很佳，事实这两项都不是，真正的原因和房价一样，那就是位置，位置，位置！为了那个位置他们会和房东签排他协议，否则绝不入驻。那些昂贵的位置成就了他们，这也是国内咖啡厅没有学到的，于是只能卖环境，卖套餐 2.为什么大卖场的那...  

作者的前言取了個言簡意賅的題目：「全世界沒有人能獨力煮出一杯卡布奇諾」。聽起來像是廢話，但請相信我，真的很多人不知道這件事情。 怎麼說呢？我是個外食主義者，當然最重要的原因是我不擅於烹飪，講難聽點就是，我做的東西沒人要吃……ok，這不是重點，重點在於我太習慣...  

用户评价

太扯。话说见到Tim Harford 本人，人倒是很down-to-earth, 知识面极广，不过阐述观点时过于elaborate,听他讲话总是有种想按快进键的感觉==

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太扯。话说见到Tim Harford 本人，人倒是很down-to-earth, 知识面极广，不过阐述观点时过于elaborate,听他讲话总是有种想按快进键的感觉==

啰里吧嗦，说来说去，就讲了那么粗浅的东西，无语

可入选for dummies系列的经济学书, 涉及概念: Scarcity; Price Sensitivity; Perfectly Competitive Market & Efficiency; Government control; Monopoly; Externalities; Asymmetric Information; Market & Government failure; Rationality; Game theory; Diminishing and Increasing Return; Globalization...中国经济腾飞重点讲的是毛邓两个代表性时代…对政府失灵的NHS例子深有体会，邻居4岁的娃重感冒找GP预约’紧急’会诊，结果排队到三天后= =