Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist - Hardcover

Cowen, Tyler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525950257 ISBN 13: 9780525950257

Publisher: E P Dutton, 2007

Synopsis

The creator of the marginalrevolution.com economics blog demonstrates how to use hidden economic principles behind everyday situations to reach one's personal goals, from reading a classic novel to finding a dentist, in a guide that demonstrates how to make the most of non-monetary incentives.

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Review:

"[Cowen's] eclectic tastes and sophistication shine through as he grapples with the subjectivist foundations of economics."--Anthony J. Evans, City A.M.

"Provides the reader with insight on how to overcome the problem of motivation and as well as how to make more effective choices. In this respect, Cowen has written what might be regarded as an economics self-help book... This book is not about how to do what Cowen does in a literal sense; instead, it is about how to apply one of the main principles of political economy to achieve a richer, more fulfilling life."--The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

"Cowen's brilliant opus on applying economic principles to everyday life... There are so many areas in which one's life could be made infinitely better by the application of basic economic principles."--Megan McArdle, Atlantic Online

About the Author:

Tyler Cowen is Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He blogs at www.marginalrevolution.com, the worldÂ’s leading economics blog. He also writes regularly for The New York Times, and he has written for Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wilson Quarterly.

About this edition

• Publisher: E P Dutton
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0525950257
• ISBN 13: 9780525950257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 245