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Robert H. Frank

Auteur van Economie verklaart alles

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Robert H. Frank is the H. J. Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, emeritus, at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management. He has been an Economic View columnist for the New York Times since 2005. His many books include Success and Luck (Princeton). Twitter toon meer @econnaturalist toon minder

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Werken van Robert H. Frank

Economie verklaart alles (2007) 721 exemplaren
Microeconomics and Behavior (1901) 191 exemplaren
Principles of Macroeconomics (1976) — Auteur — 102 exemplaren
Principles of Economics (2000) 94 exemplaren
Principles of Microeconomics (1987) 90 exemplaren

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Robert H Frank presents a collection of reworked student essays on economics applied to real life situations. Each is short, perhaps a page or more, with titles such as 'Why do women endure the discomfort of high heels?' or 'Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?'

Good introduction to the way that economists think about some problems. Breaks down many issues in an analytical way, outlining the apparent discrepancy and attempting to explain it. I think it falls down in that it gets repetitive very quickly, and also due to the sometimes speculative nature of the explanations. For example, one question dealing with the varying popularity of text messaging from one country to another resorted to 'national character' as an unsatisfactory answer.

Useful for those new to economics, perhaps, but may overextend the applicability of economic concepts in some areas. While such uses are plausible, often they are unnecessary and overcomplicate where a simple common sense answer would suffice.
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Zedseayou | 19 andere besprekingen | Jan 30, 2024 |
Odd book, by a noted economics professor. Easy to read, and short, but kind of wanders around. A lot about how important luck is to our lives (an interest of mine) but also a lot about how tax policy could be made more progressive (I’m sympathetic but not terrifically intrigued with reading about it). Illustrated by lots of personal anecdotes that were well done but maybe they should’ve been trimmed a bit. Would enjoy chatting with the guy at a party, not so sure I’d read another of his books.… (meer)
 
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