The Logic of Life

英国著名经济学家,曾以<卧底经济学>一书在中国走红.

出版者:Random House

作者:Tim Harford

页数:272 页

出版时间:2008-01-15

价格:USD 25.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781400066421

图书标签:经济学思维Economics经济Logic社会学心理学TimHarford

http://www.timharford.com/logicoflife/

“Life often seems to defy logic. When a prostitute agrees to unprotected sex, or a teenage criminal embarks on a burglary, or a smoker lights another cigarette, we seem to be a million miles from what we would call rational behaviour. None of this makes sense – or does it? Tim Harford thinks it does. And by weaving stories from locations as diverse as a Las Vegas casino and a Soho speed-date together with insights from an ingenious new breed of economist, he aims to persuade you that we are all, in fact, surprisingly logical. Reading this book, you’ll discover that the unlikeliest of people – racists, drug addicts, revolutionaries and rats – comply with economic logic, always taking account of future costs and benefits, even if they don’t quite realise it. It even explains why your boss is overpaid…”

读后感

这些天大家都在讨论高管高工资的问题.我推荐大家看一看这本书.真的让我恍然大悟的,原来有经济学的道理在里面!其实就像作者说的,存在的事情未必何理.世界还真就是那么回事,你爱愤怒就愤怒,真的没人爱搭理你,可它会始终存在下去……真有见地，佩服。

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World by Tim Harford ($25, Random House, 2008). Even if you found Thomas L. Friedman's The World Is Flat a smidge, um, one-dimensional, there's something to be said for keeping it simple. The preco...  

说句实话，我对经济学家不是很感冒。 他们太自傲，总认为抽丝剥茧就能把世界理解得清清楚楚；他们也太冷酷，历史事件和俗世生活在他们看来无非是人个体在衡量所得所失后做出决定的后果。他们认为，所有人的所有选择都是在做交换：工作，就是用生命交换金钱的一种行为；婚姻，...  

作者用经济学视角看世界，尝试解答一些有趣的问题，有些解答还挺有意思。比如说老板收入比员工高出很多倍，这可以激励员工去努力啊。 至少有一半内容是跟博弈论相关的。 至少有一半的解答是作者的推理分析。少数的解答引用了实验数据或其他人的论文。 内容还算有趣，不过书还是...  

作者用经济学视角看世界，尝试解答一些有趣的问题，有些解答还挺有意思。比如说老板收入比员工高出很多倍，这可以激励员工去努力啊。 至少有一半内容是跟博弈论相关的。 至少有一半的解答是作者的推理分析。少数的解答引用了实验数据或其他人的论文。 内容还算有趣，不过书还是...  

用户评价

Another great read after Undercover Economist, very inspiring and even entertaining.

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对我来说不能带来太多的新知，看英文又太消耗时间，跳过了。

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对我来说不能带来太多的新知，看英文又太消耗时间，跳过了。