| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. I. Economics for Pleasure and Profit. 1. Rush-Hour Blues and Rational Babies. 2. Actions Speak Louder Than Words -- Sect. II. Price=Value=Cost: Solving a Simple Economy. 3. Thinking on Paper: The Geometry of Choice. 4. What Would You Give to Get Off a Desert Island? 5. Bricks Without Clay: Production in a One-Input World. 6. Ptolemaic Trade Theory. 7. Putting It Together: Price Theory in a Simple Economy. 8. The Big Picture -- Sect. III. In Search of the Real World. 9. Bosses, Workers, and Other Complications. 10. Monopoly for Fun and Profit. 11. Hard Problems: Game Theory, Strategic Behavior, and Oligopoly. 12. Time ... 13. ... And Chance. 14. Who Gets How Much Why? -- Sect. IV. Standing in for Moral Philosophy: The Economist as Judge. 15. Summing People Up. 16. What is Efficient? 17. How to Gum Up the Works. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Economics.
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Consumer behavior.
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| ISBN |
0887307507 |
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