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Robert H. Frank is a professor of Management and Professor of Economics at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. His "Economic Scene" column appears monthly in The New York Times. He is the author of Choosing the Right Pond, The Winner-Take-All Society, and Luxury Fever, among others. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
- 經濟學
- 經濟
- economic
- 經濟入門趣味書
- 英文原版
- 《經濟學中的自然主義》
- RobertFrank
- Economics
The fascinating and playful guide to how economics explains the simple but profound ideas that govern our world.
Why do the keypads on drive-up cash machines have Braille dots? Why are round-trip fares from Orlando to Kansas City higher than those from Kansas City to Orlando?
For decades, Robert Frank has been asking his economics students to pose and answer questions like these as a way of learning how economic principles operate in the real world--which they do everywhere, all the time.
Once you learn to think like an economist, all kinds of puzzling observations start to make sense. Drive-up ATM keypads have Braille dots because it's cheaper to make the same machine for both drive-up and walk-up locations. Travelers from Kansas City to Orlando pay less because they are usually price-sensitive tourists with many choices of destination, whereas travelers originating from Orlando typically choose Kansas City for specific family or business reasons.
The Economic Naturalist employs basic economic principles to answer scores of intriguing questions from everyday life, and, along the way, introduces key ideas such as the cost benefit principle, the "no cash left on the table" principle, and the law of one price. There is no more delightful and painless way of learning these fundamental principles.
"Smart, snappy and delightful. Bob Frank is one of America's best writers on economics." -- Tyler Cowen, George Mason University, and author of In Praise of Commercial Culture and What Price Fame?
"Fascinating, mind-expanding, and lots of fun." -- Steven Pinker, Harvard University, and author of The Blank Slate, How the Mind Works, and The Stuff of Thought
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評分如果说这本书有什么意义的话, 那么它可能普及了一些经济学概念, 吸引人对经济学的兴趣, 如此而已. 我对这本书的总体评价应该说是相当负面的. 这本书, 在我看来, 展示的并非经济学的运用, 而是为日常现象提供一个可能的经济学解释. 而让本书失去价值的正是, 它仅仅寻求一种"可...
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評分用戶評價
2018年，讀這本書，有些案例過時。其中很多案例發生在Ithaca
评分日常的有趣經濟現象
评分簡單易懂
评分Reading now. It seems pretty interesting.
评分挺有意思的視角
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