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200 14$aThe traveling economist $eusing economics to think about what makes us all so different and the same /$fTodd A. Knoop, PhD
205   $aFirst edition.
210  1$aSanta Barbara, California :$cPraeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,$d[2017]
210  4$d?2017
215   $a1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) $ccolor illustrations
225 0 $aGale eBooks
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aPreface -- 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.
330   $aThis 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.
606   $aEconomics
606   $aEconomics$xSociological aspects
606   $aEconomic policy
606   $aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects
606   $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects
615  0$aEconomics.
615  0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects.
615  0$aEconomic policy.
615  0$aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects.
615  0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects.
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