The Logic of Life

The Logic of Life

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name = The Logic of Life
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author = Tim Harford
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country = USA, United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Random House (USA)
Little Brown (UK)
release_date = 2008-01-15 (USA)
2008-01-25 (UK)
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 272 pp (hardback, USA), 288 pp (hardback, UK)
isbn = ISBN 978-1400066421 (hardback, USA), ISBN 978-0316027564 (hardback, UK)
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"The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World" (ISBN 978-1400066421) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2008 by Random House. Harford argues that rational behavior is more widespread than expected in the larger population. He uses economic principles to draw forth the rational elements of supposedly illogical behaviors to illustrate his point.

See also

* The Undercover Economist (2006)

External links

* [http://www.timharford.com/logicoflife/ Tim Harford's page on the Book]


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