1 option
Can you outsmart an economist? : 100+ puzzles to train your brain / Steven Landsburg.
Lippincott Library HB171.5 .L35143 2018
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landsburg, Steven E., 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Economics.
- Puzzles.
- Logic puzzles.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]
- Summary:
- "From the acclaimed author of The Armchair Economist, a delightful collection of puzzles and brain teasers that provide an entertaining, informative tour of economic concepts for novices and experts alike"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Warmups
- Inferences
- Predictions
- Explanations
- Strategy
- How irrational are you?
- Law school admissions test
- Are you smarter than Google?
- Backward reasoning
- Knowledge
- Now are you smarter than google?
- How to make decisions
- Matters of life and death
- The coinflipper's dilemma
- Albert and the dinosaurs
- Money, trade and finance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781328489869
- 1328489868
- OCLC:
- 1021803404
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.