现货WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird[9781503600911]

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作者Leeson, Peter T

出版社Stanford Economics and Finance

ISBN9781503600911

出版时间2017-10

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页数232页

正文语种英语

上书时间2023-06-26

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商品描述: Step right up! Get your tickets for WTF?! An Economic Tour of the Weird! That''s right! This rollicking interactive tour through the museum of social oddities is guaranteed to house the world''s weirdest practices—sure to make you say "WTF?!" Did you know that "pre-owned" wives were sold at auction in early modern Britain? Or that accused criminals in Liberia drink poison to determine their fate? How about the fact that, for 250 years, Italy criminally prosecuted cockroaches and crickets? Do you wonder why? Then this tour is just for you!Join WTF?!''s cast of colorful characters to navigate the museum with guide and economist Peter T. Leeson. As you wander from exhibit to exhibit and overhear Leeson''s riotous exchanges with the patrons, you''ll learn how economic thinking reveals the hidden sense behind seemingly senseless human behavior. Leeson demonstrates that far from "irrational" or "accidents of history," humanity''s most outlandish rituals are ingenious solutions to p

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