Can You Outsmart an Economist?

<p>"Will delight and inform anyone who enjoys rigorous thinking and the unexpected conclusions it delivers." -- Jamie Whyte author of <em>Crimes Against Logic</em><br /><br />"This ingenious gallop through the mind of Steven Landsburg enables you to think like an economist without incurring a Keynesian headache or a huge student loan. You may even end up 'smarter than Google.' But you will not readily put down this exhilarating adventure in ideas." -- George Gilder author of <em>Knowledge and Power</em> and <em>Life After Google</em><br /><br />Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg acclaimed author and professor of economics dares you to try. In this whip-smart entertaining and entirely unconventional economics primer he brings together over one hundred puzzles and brain teasers that illustrate the subject's key concepts and pitfalls. From warm-up exercises to get your brain working to logic and probability problems to puzzles covering more complex topics like inferences strategy and irrationality <em>Can You Outsmart an Economist?</em> will show you how to do just that by expanding the way you think about decision making and problem solving. Let the games begin!<br /><br />"Entertaining as well as edifying. Read it expand your mind and have fun!"-- N. Gregory Mankiw Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics Harvard University</p>