The Undercover Economist & Messy How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World By Tim Harford 2 Books Collection Set

The Undercover Economist & Messy How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World By Tim Harford 2 Books Collection Set: The Undercover Economist: "The economy [isn't] a bunch of rather dull statistics with names like GDP (gross domestic product)," notes Tim Harford, columnist and regular guest on NPR's Marketplace, "economics is about who gets what and why." In this acclaimed and riveting book-part exposé, part user's manual-the astute and entertaining columnist from the Financial Times demystifies the ways in which money works in the world. From why the coffee in your cup costs so much to why efficiency is not necessarily the answer to ensuring a fair society, from improving health care to curing crosstown traffic-all the dirty little secrets of dollars and cents are delightfully revealed by The Undercover Economist. Messy How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World: The urge to tidiness seems to be rooted de...