02573oam 2200517 450 991016503800332120190911103510.0979-82-16-15736-61-4408-5237-5(OCoLC)973222708(MiFhGG)GVRL7JGU(EXLCZ)99371000000106472920170210h20172017 uy 0engurun|---uuuuardacontentrdamediardacarrierThe traveling economist using economics to think about what makes us all so different and the same /Todd A. Knoop, PhDFirst edition.Santa Barbara, California :Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,[2017]�20171 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) color illustrationsGale eBooks1-4408-5236-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.EconomicsEconomicsSociological aspectsEconomic policyTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsGlobalizationEconomic aspectsEconomics.EconomicsSociological aspects.Economic policy.Technological innovationsEconomic aspects.GlobalizationEconomic aspects.330Knoop Todd A.310211MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910165038003321The traveling economist2890791UNINA