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Autore |
Knoop Todd A. |
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Titolo |
The traveling economist : using economics to think about what makes us all so different and the same / / Todd A. Knoop, PhD |
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Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , [2017] |
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�2017 |
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ISBN |
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979-82-16-15736-6 |
1-4408-5237-5 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) : color illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economics |
Economics - Sociological aspects |
Economic policy |
Technological innovations - Economic aspects |
Globalization - Economic aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Why do the haves have and the -- Have-nots have less? -- Why are drivers in other countries so much worse than back home? -- Why are there more workers than patrons at this coffee house? : the tradeoff between capital and labor -- $50 billion to ride the bus!?! -- How governments can kill growth or help it to thrive -- Nothing needs reform as much as other people : culture and economics -- What's a landline? -- Technological diffusion around the world -- Best price for you! : the economics of haggling -- I think that I shall never see any economics as lovely as a tree: -- Nature and economics -- Who owns the space behind my seat? : traveling economics -- Coming home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book introduces travelers - of the body or the mind--to a few simple economic concepts that will help them to think differently and more deeply about the differences between the people and the places they visit during their journeys. |
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