Cooperation & coercion : how busybodies became busybullies and what that means for economics and politics / Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Antony, author.

Harrigan, James R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2020]

Summary:

In this myth-busting book, the authors display the wisdom and the talent for explaining complex topics that have attracted a devoted audience to their weekly podcast, Words & Numbers. By looking for cooperation in everyday life, they help make sense of a wide range of issues that dominate the public debate. You'll come away from this book with a new understanding of everything from the minimuym wage to taxes, from gun control to government regulations, from the war on terror to the war on drugs to the war on poverty. Cooperation & Coercion cuts through heated partisan debates to provide a refreshingly clear and comprehensive iunderstanding of the way the world works.--from back cover.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Contents

Introduction Cooperation and Coercion

Part 1 How We Got Here

1 The Knowledge Problem

2 Rights and Wrongs

3 The Magic Wand

Part 2 Cooperation and Coercion in Everyday Life

4 The Minimum Wage

5 Gun Control

6 Wars on Nouns

7 Taxes

8 Debt

9 Busybullies

10 Cooperation

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781504063470

1504063473