Schelling ∗micromotives∗ And Macrobehavior (cloth): 0 (Fels Lectures on Public Policy Analysis) - Hardcover

SCHELLING, TC

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393057011 ISBN 13: 9780393057010

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1978

Synopsis

Micromotives and Macrobehavior. was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells feel just as fresh today. And the subject of these stories -- how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group -- is more important than ever. In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but-not-malicious preference to have neighbors of the same race eventually leads to completely segregated populations. The updated edition of this landmark book contains a new preface and the author\'s Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

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Mr. Schelling's [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare. -- Robert Frank

Mr. Schelling s [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare. --Robert Frank"

Schelling's [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare.--Robert H. Frank

About the Author

Thomas C. Schelling (1921-2016) was the co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science and the Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393057011
• ISBN 13: 9780393057010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252