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An economics professor's sometimes charming, sometimes glib, always counterintuitive guide to evaluating the small anomalies of daily life in a free-market society. In a series of interchangeable chapters, Landsburg (University of Rochester) asks questions like: Why do laws mandating use of seat belts increase the rate of traffic accidents, as statistics show they do? Because, he says, drivers have been given an incentive to drive more quickly and less carefully by being made to feel protected. In the service of what he calls efficient markets, Landsburg argues that wheat farmers, say, ought to be forced to pay damages done to their crops by sparks thrown off from railroad trains, since such damages can be borne more cheaply by farmers than by the railroad companies that are at fault. When analyzing the costs and benefits of legalizing drugs, he admonishes that increased tax revenues from a heretofore untaxable criminal activity are a neutral item; transfer of wealth from individuals to government is never equivalent to the creation of new wealth and may even be a societal drain. In general, Landsburg cheerily points out, economists value efficiency rather than justice, market solutions over legislated compromises, consumption over saving, and the creation of wealth above all else; these principles secretly drive the profession's public analyses of criminal penalties, tax policy, environmental legislation, and the ultimate good of market- based free trade. For all his cleverness, Landsburg never seriously questions the ``neutral'' assumptions of the dismal science--a fact that considerably decreases the value of his book. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Landsburg (economics, Univ. of Rochester) demonstrates the economist's way of thinking about everyday occurrences. The result is a compilation of questions ranging from why popcorn costs so much at movie theaters and why rock concerts sell out to why laws against polygamy are detrimental to women. Many of the issues raised are controversial and even somewhat humorous, but they are clearly explained only from an economic perspective as opposed to other dynamics of human behavior. There are also clear explanations of the misconceptions about unemployment rates, measures of inflation, and interest rates. The book is not a textbook but shows how one economist solves puzzling questions that occur in daily living. Recommended for general collections.
- Jane M. Kathman, Coll. of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
- Jane M. Kathman, Coll. of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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To be fair, this book has moments that are very funny, some of the funniest I've ever read in economics, and Lansburg provides some economic insights into social problems that are truly enlightening, such as his comments on competition among the sexes for mates, competition among political parties for voter-consumers, and his lucid explanation of what the "random walk" of stock prices really means. However, I could not finish the book for the style in which the ideas are presented. First, the prose is not fluid. Lansburg often wanders in his argumentation, leaving the reader behind to anticipate where he intends to go with his analogies. The result is a lack of transition that makes you want to read the chapters over again to absorb what he is saying. Second, he contrives some overly simple hypotheticals to drive home his points, and these don't even survive a moment's critical reflection. Granted, his economic arguments, however outlandish someone else may think them to be, are correct, but his models are so abstract as to have little relevance in the real world. Most importantly, Lansburg is guilty of making straw men out of his opponents' arguments. More than once Lansburg makes his opponents' arguments into weak, brittle little straw men and then proceeds to hack them apart. Lansburg's arguments are correct and proven in the literature, but he is an argumentative bully. As a final criticism, I would say that a few of the chapters are downright awful.(I wonder if other readers will understand any of it.). On the flipside, Lansburg is very funny, and you won't find any falsehoods in the book. So, my advice is to skip the book, or read discerningly, skimming the poorly written chapters. Economists were never known for their writing ability, but you can probably enjoy a book buy Paul Krugman (Age of Dim., Peddling Prosperity, etc.) a lot more. (Krugman is also more current.) --Lewis Gainor, Mizzou Econ
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Steven Landsburg's book shouldn't be thought of as an economics textbook. It presents no graphs and few conclusions.
Dr. Landsburg rather presents questions and then a fascinating tour of the mind of a trained economist. He asks his reader first to take the tour and then to use the blueprint and join him in thinking like an economist.
I have used The Armchair Economist as a supplement to my Advanced Placement Economics classes for two years. My students relish each opportunity to watch Landsburg's mind in action and to join in on the fun. Many of them have purchased copies of the book for themselves. They particularly enjoy sharing discussions about the questions presented with friends and parents.
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Steven Landsburg's book, The Armchair Economist, is a simply written but deeply effective primer on the economic way of thinking. I my own self am a free-market radical, and, while I don't agree with everything Mr. Langsburg writes, his views are overwhelmingly on target. Want to know why movie popcorn costs so much? The "obvious" answer is wrong. Are you happy when your senator provides your area with a road project? You really shouldn't be that excited about it. Even the most absurd notions (Unemployment is good! Recycling is bad!) are hard to refute once you get the basics of economics down. Mr. Landsburg writes that economics can be largely defined in one terse sentence: people respond to incentives. If everyone in America knew how much that makes sense, I can guarantee 90% of our nation's (and world's) social ills would be eliminated.
I used to tell people that if everyone read the first few chapters of a standard economics textbook, the world would be better off. The same holds true for this book.
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Laaaaangweilig
Wirtschaft ist spannend, Wirtschaft geht uns alle an. Und man kann wirtschaftliche Zusammenhänge auch für Laien anschaulich darstellen. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 14 Tagen von Anna Verano veröffentlicht
A bunch of flat republican ideas
Landsburg's book lacks precision on countless aspects. Only looking at half the truth he jumps to absurd conclusions. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Mai 2010 von dauron
Das beste Ökonomiebuch
Das klingt jetzt vielleicht übertrieben, aber Steven Landsburg schreibt einfach brilliant.
Während meines fünfjährigen VWL-Studiums war dieses Buch... Lesen Sie weiter...
Während meines fünfjährigen VWL-Studiums war dieses Buch... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. September 2006 von B. Traber
simply the best
Quite frankly this is not an introduction to economics, its a very funny and profound book on what can go wrong with everyday economic judgements. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. August 2000 von lahmann@compuserve.com
So this is economics
I have never taken a course in economics, and I recently decided that I should learn something about it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Juni 2000 von dlcochrane
A Poor Intro to Economics
This book was terrible. Repeatedly Steven Landsburg presents examples of how others have gotten economics wrong, then proceeds to make the same mistakes himself. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Februar 2000 von spy
Thoughtful, entertaining, and right on the money
Landsburg hits the nail on the head with this book. I was looking for a short and to the point explanation of economics for the benefit of my 17 year old daughter when I picked up... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. Januar 2000 von M. P. Barry
An Arrogant Defense of Greed
The author of this book finds himself highly clever and amusing. I find him highly smug and pompous. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. November 1999 von Diana Trimble
Excellent casual explanations, but I want the math.
The Armchair Economist does an excellent job of explaining why the obvious answer is the wrong answer to many questions about the marketplace. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Juli 1998 von Richard King
A Great Introduction to the Explanatory Power of Econ
I love this book and use it to teach my undergraduate students in political economy. It shows how a few simple economic concepts can be used to explain more social behavior than... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. März 1998 veröffentlicht
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