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Intermediate microeconomics is both fun and intellectually challenging in this new edition, written by the author of The Armchair Economist, the popular trade book that explains basic economics to the general public. The text provides an exceptionally friendly and application-rich presentation, combined with a rigorous and careful development of microeconomic theory. All of the standard topics of intermediate price theory are included, as well as innovative topics such as alternative normative criteria, efficient asset markets, contestable markets, antitrust law, human capital, and the demand for public goods. A unique unifying theme of social welfare is used with little higher-level mathematics.

This intriguing collection is designed to show how economists can play a more active role in designing and directing the nation's social institutions. By taking the task of political economy seriously, the contributors (including some of today's most distinguished economists) reveal the power of economic thought to offer innovative solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing society today. By creating markets where none existed before, the authors propose efficient, reliable, and profitable improvements to current systems of health insurance, financial markets, human organ distribution, judicial practice, bankruptcy and securities regulation, patenting, and transportation. Written in the entrepreneurial spirit, these essays show economics to be an ambitious, dynamic, and far-from-dismal science.

Witty economists are about as easy to find as anorexic mezzo-sopranos, natty mujahedeen, and cheerful Philadelphians. But Steven E. Landsburg...is one economist who fits the bill. In a wide-ranging, easily digested, unbelievably contrarian survey of everything from why popcorn at movie houses costs so much to why recycling may actually reduce the number of trees on the planet, the University of Rochester professor valiantly turns the discussion of vexing economic questions into an activity that ordinary people might enjoy. -- Joe Queenan, The Wall Street Journal The Armchair Economist is a wonderful little book, written by someone for whom English is a first (and beloved) language, and it contains not a single graph or equation...Landsburg presents fascinating concepts in a form easily accessible to noneconomists. -- Erik M. Jensen, The Cleveland Plain Dealer ...enormous fun from its opening page...Landsburg has done something extraordinary: He has expounded basic economic principles with wit and verve. -- Dan Seligman, Fortune

In the wake of his enormously popular books The Armchair Economist and More Sex Is Safer Sex , S teven L andsburg uses concepts from mathematics, economics, and physics to address the big questions in What is real? What can we know? What is the difference between right and wrong? A nd how should we live? Widely renowned for his lively explorations of economics, in his fourth book Landsburg branches out into mathematics and physics as well—disciplines that, like economics, the author loves for their beauty, their logical clarity, and their profound and indisputable truth—to take us on a provocative and utterly entertaining journey through the questions that have preoccupied philosophers through the ages. The author begins with the broadest possible categories—Reality and Unreality; Knowledge and Belief; Right and Wrong—and then focuses his exploration on specific from a mathematical analysis of the arguments for the existence of God; to the real meaning of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and the Godel Incompleteness Theorem; to the moral choices we face in the marketplace and the voting booth. Stimulating, illuminating, and always surprising, The Big Questions challenges readers to re-evaluate their most fundamental beliefs and reveals the relationship between the loftiest philosophical quests and our everyday lives.

A witty and sharp exploration of how our individually rational decisions can lead to bizarre collective outcomes, along with humorous and serious solutions to various issues. Economics has evolved from the "dismal science" of the past, thanks to a new generation of economists who explain everyday behavior in accessible and entertaining language. Steve Landsburg, a pioneer in this movement, returns with provocative insights. He illustrates how our rational choices, when combined, can result in irrational crowd behavior—like standing at a ballpark where no one can see, or avoiding casual sex out of fear, which paradoxically makes it more dangerous. Landsburg proposes intriguing rule changes to "game the system," such as charging juries when a convicted felon is exonerated, or having Congress members represent voters chosen alphabetically. He even suggests addressing overpopulation by encouraging more children to innovate resource use. This book will not only entertain and provoke debate but also inspire readers to rethink their perspectives on the world in memorable ways.

Em 'Mais Sexo é Mais Seguro', Landsburg oferece aos leitores uma série de discussões estimulantes que fluem de um fato inquietante - a combinação das decisões racionais de cada um de nós frequentemente produz um resultado irracional. Usando uma série de exemplos, ele demonstra a sabedoria não convencional da teoria econômica.