The traveling economist : using economics to think about what makes us all so different and the same / / Todd A. Knoop, PhD

• Autore: Knoop Todd A.
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , [2017]; �2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) : color illustrations
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetto topico: Economics; Economics - Sociological aspects; Economic policy; Technological innovations - Economic aspects; Globalization - Economic aspects
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The traveling economist
• ISBN: 979-82-16-15736-6; 1-4408-5237-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910165038003321
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