The Armchair Economist
Book description
The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg’s hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist—“a delightful compendium of quotidian examples illustrating important economic and financial theories” (The Journal of Finance).
In this revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg’s hugely popular book, he applies economic theory to today’s most pressing…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Armchair Economist as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I believe Landsburg, whom I have met, may be one of the most creative and interesting thinkers in America today.
I love this book because it is his personality on every page: quirky, creative, and entertaining. It asks and answers questions others have never even considered or incorrectly assumed are so obvious as to not be worth the time to explore. I use questions from this book, which is 30+ years old, to stump and pique the curiosity of my students every semester.
From Brian's list on Economics books that will not bore you like the students in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
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