Economist undercover. Harford T.

Economics is a science about who gets what and why. In a well -known and exciting book - part of the exposure, part of the user's manual - the penetrating columnist Financial Times breaks off the veil of mystery from how the money in the modern world works.

starting with the price of a cup of coffee and ending with why the effectiveness There is no answer to the search for a fair society, from improving healthcare to solving problems with traffic jams - all these tricks and secrets delightfully exposes the “economist under the cover.”

Harford elegantly explains such difficult ones for understanding ideas as pricing along The demand and the theory of games, using examples from real life.

The book turns to the economic theory of the free market, and Harford shows how companies from Amazon.com to Whole Foods and Starbucks are inflated by consumers with the help of partisan techniques pricing, and explains the high cost of renting (having more relation to agriculture than you can imagine).

The book in simple language illuminates complex economic theories. It will undoubtedly be interesting to readers interested in understanding how the free market forces work. The examples given by the author - sometimes entertaining, sometimes prophetic - will force you to think twice before drinking a cup of coffee.