01796cam a2200277 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350024000810400057001050200018001620200015001800350021001950500023002160820012002391000025002512450121002762600055003973000026004525000020004785050241004985200687007396500015014266500038014416500039014798286220230410105430.0090306s2009    nyu           001 0 eng    a  2009005682  a(OCoLC)ocn290470379  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdYDXCPdOEMdCDXdVP@dJBOdBUR  a9780812980103  a0812980107  a(OCoLC)29047037914aHB74.P8bH374 200900a3302221 aHarford, Tim,d1973-10aDear undercover economist :bpriceless advice on money, work, sex, kids, and life's other challanges /cTim Harford.  aNew York :bRandom House Trade Paperbacks,cc2009.  axii, 226 p. ;c21 cm.  aIncludes index.0 aIntroduction : can economics make you happier? -- Speed dating with a money-back guarantee -- How to spend your lottery winnings -- Efficient protocols for the lavatory seat -- How to fool a wine snob -- Selling Michigan to the Chinese.  aIn the first collection of his popular Financial Times columns, Undercover Economist Tim Harford offers witty, charming, and at times caustic answers to our most pressing concerns--all through the lens of economics. Does money buy happiness? Can cities be greener than farms? Can you really "dress for success"? When's the best time to settle down? Harford provides hilarious, unexpected, and wise answers to these and other questions. Arranged by topic, easy to read, and hard to put down, Dear Undercover Economist lends an outrageous, compassionate, and indispensable perspective on anything that may irk or ail you--a book well worth the investment.--From publisher description. 0aEconomics. 0aEconomicsxPsychological aspects. 0aConduct of lifexEconomic aspects.