The Undercover Economist

Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

By Tim Harford
(Oxford University Press, Hardcover, 9780195189773, 276pp.)

Publication Date: November 2005

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (January 30, 2007), Compact Disc (March 2006)

Categories: Economics - General

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Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, health care providers, and coffee chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our wallets.



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Monday, Aug 31, 2009

Economist and part-time advice guru Tim Harford uses the cutthroat principles of economics and capitalism to help guide you through life's little quandaries. More at NPR.org

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