The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford
The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford
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The Undercover Economist
Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

Author: Tim Harford

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/11/2008

Synopsis

Author of the extremely popular "Dear Economist" column in Financial Times, Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everyday phenomena in this highly entertaining and informative book. Can a book about economics be fun to read? It can when Harford takes the reins, using his trademark wit to explain why it costs an arm and a leg to buy a cappuccino and why it's nearly impossible to purchase a decent used car. Supermarkets, coffee houses, airlines, insurance companies and more are sucking money from our wallets. To protect ourselves and our bank accounts, we must better understand why companies do what they do. Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "unequaled in its accessibility," The Undercover Economist is a sheer delight-and the one book on economics that every American should read.". a book on economics that will enthrall its readers. Beautifully written and argued, it brings the power of economics to life. This book should be required reading ."-Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics

About Tim Harford

Tim Harford is the author of The Undercover Economist, The Logic of Life, and Adapt. He writes two columns for the Financial Times, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, Esquire, Parade, New York, and Wired. He lives with his family in Oxford.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caroline on May 14, 2016

. I approached this book with some trepidation. It's book about macroeconomics - the large scale economics of concern to countries and governments. Plus it is written by an economist working for the Financial Times, which in itself is not an easy read. It seemed likely to be way over my head. But the......more

Goodreads review by Kressel on April 04, 2014

I’m a fan of Tim Harford a/k/a “the Undercover Economist.” He’s an academic who has thrown his hat into the pop economics genre, but while he does use a conversational tone and give real life examples, he doesn’t dumb the concepts down. Unfortunately, that means that I don’t always understand what h......more

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘ on February 04, 2017

Q: (I think we can all agree that a bunch of lawyers on Capitol Hill are capable of mismanaging anything, and if babysitting is all that suffers, we can count ourselves lucky.) (c)......more

Goodreads review by Eustacia on October 11, 2021

I’ve been following Tim Harford’s blog and I realised it’s been some time since I read one of his books. So I checked out one of his older books from the library and had a fun time revising the main topics of macroeconomic theory. Written in a conversational style, The Undercover Economist Strikes Ba......more

Goodreads review by Jurij on November 22, 2020

Yet another low level macroeconomics book. And it does explain how economists explain and define the basic principles of economics. A good start for people wanting to get into a discussion on the subject. Pro: Very simple book. The language is clear and most examples are clearly explained. Easy to und......more

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