Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early inthe morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a footon the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money fromlaundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who reallybenefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, gofrom the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economicrevolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty amonth? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THEUNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamentalprinciples of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from thestreets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to thesleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon andequations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals andnegotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drivenot only the economy at large but the everyday choices wemake.
【作者简介】
Tim Harford presented the BBC2 TV series TRUST ME I'M ANECONOMIST and writes the Dear Economist' column for the FT Saturdaymagazine. An award-winning public speaker, Tim has been aneconomist for a major oil company and an economics tutor at OxfordUniversity.
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