A better than average lay persons economics guide, however it loses a star for repeating several events to emphasise an argument, that are found in similar books making a similar argument; Piper Alpha and Three Mile Island from "Outliers" are one of many examples. The book reads like an extended ...
Good read for economists It is streched too long..it could be more helpful if it would have been a shorter one..
In this book, Tim Harford has a change in style, writing as a dialogue. He also has a change in content, no longer regaling us with tales of odd and interesting ways in which economic researchers have been viewing and reporting the world, but looking more at what might be involved in running an e...