Have you read Freakonomics?

I'm no economist, but I rarely rarely enjoyed it. Full of simply presented examples of often counter intuitive applications of economic theory. Very good.

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Posted By: Arizona Bay on January 24th 2012 at 13:55:51

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Garages. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 24, 13:41:32
- information asymmetry. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 24, 13:43:30
  - Wherry interesting. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 24, 13:46:37
    - not strictly about garages and car repair, but (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 24, 13:48:53
      - Have you read Freakonomics? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 24, 13:55:51
        
        if you like that do Tim Harford's The Undercover Economist (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 24, 14:12:54
        
        that and his other book The Logic of Life (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 24, 14:17:59
        
        I did. Liked it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 24, 14:01:47
  - Smartiepants (n/m) (General Chat) - King, Jan 24, 13:44:33
    - Only answering the question (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 24, 13:46:34
      - Don't mind me, I found my intellectual level with the post about Dairylea (General Chat) - King, Jan 24, 13:50:33
        
        Well, this one is going TO BLOW YOUR MIND then (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Jan 24, 14:00:25
        
        When skimreading the Dairylea wikipedia page, "sex toilets" is not something that ought to (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 24, 14:06:15
        
        Yes, I had the same experience. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 24, 14:15:19
        
        You can get from Dairylea to anarchist bands in only two clicks. Amazing. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 24, 14:13:47
        
        Kaboom! Splat! (General Chat) - King, Jan 24, 14:02:52
      - ^ Correct. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jan 24, 13:48:29

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