The New World of Economics A Remake of a Classic for New Generations of Economics Students
The New World of Economics, 6th edition, by Richard McKenzie and Gordon Tullock, represents a revival of a classic text that, when it was first published, changed substantially the way economics would be taught at the introductory and advanced levels of economics for all time. In a very real sense,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 6th ed. 2012 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I - The New World of Economic Thinking: Economic Thinking
- Anything Worth Doing Is Not Necessarily Worth Doing Well
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs—And Economist’s Demand
- Part II -The New World of Market Economics: Price and the “Law of Unintended Consequences”.- Pricing Lemons, Views, and University Housing
- Markets and More Markets
- Part III - The New World of Personal Economics: Marriage, Family, and Divorce
- Sexual Behavior
- Exploitation of Affection
- Dying: The Most Economical Way to Go!
- Cheating and Lying
- Fat Economics
- Part IV - The New World of Pricing Strategies: Why Sales
- Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies
- Why So Many Coupons
- Why Some Goods Are Free
- The Question of Queues
- Part V - The New World of College and University Education: The University Economy
- The Economics of Learning
- Does the NCAA Exploit College Athletes?
- Why Professors Have Tenure and Business People Don’t
- Part VI - The New World of Contrarian Economics: Public Choice Economics
- In Defense of Monopoly: Behavioral Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Problems with Behavioral Economics
- Why Men Earn More on Average than Women—And Always Will