The New World of Economics : A Remake of a Classic for New Generations of Economics Students

by Richard B. McKenzie, Gordon Tullock

Part I - The New World of Economic Thinking: Economic Thinking -- Anything Worth Doing Is Not Necessarily Worth Doing Well -- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs-And Economist’s Demand -- Part II -The New World of Market Economics: Price and the “Law of Unintended Consequences”.- Pricing Lemons, Views, and University Housing -- Markets and More Markets -- Part III - The New World of Personal Economics: Marriage, Family, and Divorce -- Sexual Behavior -- Exploitation of Affection -- Dying: The Most Economical Way to Go! -- Cheating and Lying -- Fat Economics -- Part IV - The New World of Pricing Strategies: Why Sales -- Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies -- Why So Many Coupons -- Why Some Goods Are Free -- The Question of Queues -- Part V - The New World of College and University Education: The University Economy -- The Economics of Learning -- Does the NCAA Exploit College Athletes? -- Why Professors Have Tenure and Business People Don’t -- Part VI - The New World of Contrarian Economics: Public Choice Economics -- In Defense of Monopoly: Behavioral Economics -- Behavioral Economics -- Problems with Behavioral Economics -- Why Men Earn More on Average than Women-And Always Will

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Year of publication:	2012 ; 6th ed. 2012
Authors:	McKenzie, Richard B.
Other Persons:	Tullock, Gordon (contributor)
Publisher:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subject:	Freakonomics \| Wirtschaftswissenschaft \| Economics \| Wirtschaftstheorie \| Economic theory \| Theorie \| Theory \| Volkswirtschaftslehre \| Mikroökonomie \| Verhalten \| Sozialwissenschaften \| Wirtschaftswissenschaften \| Methodologie

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (XVIII, 559 p. 28 illus, digital)
Series:	SpringerLink / Bücher
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record The New World of Economics; A Remake of a Classic for New Generationsof Economics Students; Preface; Contents; Part I: The New World of Economic Thinking; Chapter 1: Economic Thinking; The Meaning of Economics; Thinking in Terms of Abstractions; Thinking About Values; Thinking About People; Thinking About Rationality; Thinking About Cost; Thinking About the Margin of Cost; Thinking About Demand; Thinking About Markets; The Limits of Economic Thinking; Concluding Comments; Chapter 2: Anything Worth Doing Is Not Necessarily Worth Doing Well; Anything Worth Doing; Why the Young Go to College Why Students Walk on the GrassThe Economic Calculus of Panics; The Social Dilemma: Conserving Energy; The California Electricity Crisis; Reckless Driving: Air Bags and Daggers; Concluding Comments; Chapter 3: Maslow´s Hierarchy of Needs and Economist´s Demand; Maslow´s Hierarchy; Economics and the Hierarchy; The Relevance of Demand; Concluding Comments; Part II: The New World of Market Economics; Chapter 4: Price and the ``Law of Unintended Consequences´´; Hybridnomics: HOV-Lane Economics, California Style; Air Travel Safety for Infants and Toddlers 9/11 Terrorists and American Deaths Since 9/11Water Crises in Southern California; Ethanol Subsidies and World Hunger; Concluding Comments; Chapter 5: Pricing Lemons, Views, and University Housing; The Pricing of Lemons; How Prices Adjust to Advantages and Disadvantages of Property; Property Inside and Outside Floodplains; Houses with and Without Views; Houses Owned and Rented; Why Retirement Does Not Curb the Retirees´ Food Consumption; University Mispricing; The University of California Student Housing Subsidies; Faculty Housing Subsidies; Concluding Comments Chapter 6: Markets and More MarketsWhy Coal Producers Love OPEC; A Market for Bodily Organs?; From Bodily Organs to Tennis Courts; Markets and the Abortion Dilemma; Insider Trading and Nontrading!; Concluding Comments; Part III: The New World of Personal Economics; Chapter 7: Marriage, Family, and Divorce; The Marriage Contract; Holy Matrimony; The Costs and Benefits of Marriage; The Costs of Marriage; The Benefits of Marriage; Spouse Selection; The Relevance of Love; The Marriage Market; Concluding Comments; Chapter 8: Sexual Behavior; Sex and the Economist; Economic Characteristics of Sex Sex as a ServiceThe Cost of Sex, Again; Sex as a Cooperative Experience; Sex as an Exchange Relationship; Sex as a Marketed Product; A Model of Sexual Behavior; Prostitution; Controlling the Price of Sex with Unintended Effects; Sex and Love; Concluding Comments; Chapter 9: Exploitation of Affection; The Affection Model; Romantic Relationships; Sexual Exploitation; Concluding Comments; Chapter 10: Dying: The Most Economical Way to Go!; Chapter 11: Cheating and Lying; The Prevalence of Cheating; The Economics of Cheating; The Economics of Lying; Optimal Lie Detection; Lying in Politics Concluding Comments
ISBN:	978-3-642-27364-3 ; 978-3-642-27363-6
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-642-27364-3 [DOI]
Classification:	Wirtschaftstheorie: Allgemeines
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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