Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Dr. Lloyd E. Campbell - GoodreadsThis is one of those books written by an economist who longs to be a sociologist. The subtitle of this book; "Rational economics in an irrational world," more accurately reflects the content than the ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Xox - GoodreadsThe first book I read by Tim Harford. He has a way of telling stories based on economic and statistics. Which is a good thing as we could really relate to them without doing the research or the math ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Leon - GoodreadsA grandiose title that tells you this book is a little more ambitious than "The Undercover Economist". Harford writes with passion and urgency, defending rational choice theory as a useful framework ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Void lon iXaarii - GoodreadsThe author is back undercover, with another brilliantly written well researched book of analysis of everything all around us. Fascinating analysis of incentives and realities in our every day life ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Andy Turner - GoodreadsInteresting book which raises various psychological issues in its exploration of rational decision making. Some of the issues raised are set in context with geographical examples, which I like. The ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Jeroen Van - GoodreadsGreat book where Harford releases economic views on marriage, single status, democracy and its failings, development countries and more. He relies heavily on a multitude of other (economic ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Greg Linster - GoodreadsAccording to Tim Harford, the world makes more sense than you might think. Economic rationale can be found in the strangest of places; the prostitute market in Mexico and the pay structure of your ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Val Thompson - GoodreadsThe best (and only) economics book I have read since Freakanomics. Harford looks at a variety of society's problems and tries to explain them using rational economics. I was especially intrigued by ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Kressel Housman - GoodreadsJust like economist Tim Harford's first book (The Undercover Economist), this was a bit more academic than most pop economics books, but had enough real life in it to make it accessible. Though the ... Read full review
Review: The Logic of Life
User Review - Rajesh - GoodreadsI've been reading books on behavioral economics recently and I read this book in the midst. It's fantastic. Tim describes in detail how while irrational behaviors can be seen by amateurs and in ... Read full review
