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Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 3 November 2005 Publisher Little, Brown and Company OCLC 59098699 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Publication date November 3, 2005 Pages 288 pp (hardback) Country United Kingdom Genres Non-fiction, Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! ISBN 0-19-518977-9 (hardback) Similar Tim Harford books, Economics books, Economic history books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The undercover economist strikes back
The Undercover Economist (ISBN 0-19-518977-9) (ISBN 0345494016) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2005 by Little, Brown.
Contents
- The undercover economist strikes back
- Loy machedo s book review the undercover economist by tim harford
- References
The book provides an introduction to principles of economics, including demand-supply interactions, market failures, externalities, globalisation, international trade and comparative advantage. It explains in non-technical terms how Starbucks and other coffee providers price their products, why it is hard to buy a decent used car, why the health insurance system in the United States is failing, and why poor countries remain poor while the People's Republic of China has continuously grown rich in the last couple of decades.
Freakonomics author Steven Levitt called it "a rare specimen: a book on economics that will enthrall...Beautifully written and argued, it brings the power of economics to life."