Can You Outsmart An Economist?: 100+ Puzzles to Train Your Brain

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Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaimed author and professor of economics, dares you to try. In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional economics primer, he brings together over one hundred puzzles and brainteasers that illustrate the subject's key concepts and pitfalls. From warm-up exercises to get your brain working, to logic and probability problems, to puzzles covering more complex topics like inferences, strategy, and irrationality, Can You Outsmart an Economist? will retrain your brain and expand the way you think about human decision-making and problem solving. Before you know it, you'll be thinking like an economics expert. And you'll never read the news the same way again. Perfect for readers at all levels, from amateurs and students to professionals and professors, Can You Outsmart an Economist? is a delightful collection that will challenge, satisfy, and inform. Let the games begin! AUTHOR: Steven Landsburg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of More Sex Is Safer Sex, The Big Questions, and the hugely popular The Armchair Economist, among others. He has written for Forbes, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He lives in Pittsford, NY. 49 b/w illustrations

Steven E. Landsburg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of More Sex Is Safer Sex, The Big Questions, and the hugely popular The Armchair Economist, among others. He has written for Forbes, Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He lives in Pittsford, NY.

"No one has taught me more surprising truths about the world we live in than Steven Landsburg, if only because he asks surprising questions. Can You Outsmart an Economist? will delight and inform anyone who enjoys rigorous thinking and the unexpected conclusions it delivers." -Jamie Whyte, author of Crimes Against Logic "From zero knowledge proofs to prisoner's dilemmas, from call options to comparative advantage, from price theory to game theory, this ingenious gallop through the mind of Steven Landsburg enables you to think like an economist without incurring a Keynesian headache or a huge student loan. You may even end up 'smarter than Google.' But you will not readily put down this exhilarating adventure in ideas." -George Gilder, author of Knowledge and Power and Life After Google "Steven E. Landsburg's Can You Outsmart an Economist? is entertaining as well as edifying. Read it, expand your mind, and have fun!" -N. Gregory Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University and author of Principles of Economics -