The Undercover Economist
- ISBN-10
- 0345494016
- ISBN-13
- 9780345494016
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- Tim Harford
Description
A noted economist furnishes an entertaining introduction to the key principles and fundamental concepts of economics, as well as their influence on the history of the modern world, accompanied by real-life examples of economics at work. Reprint.
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- 2007-01-30
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- Anchor Canada
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