Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist
| Start date | 28-Feb-08 - 1:15 PM |
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| End date | n/a |
| Venue | Melbourne Business School |
| Address |
Coles Theatre 200 Leicester St Carlton, VIC Australia ![[ Gmaps marker icon ]](/i/gmap_marker_default.gif "Click to view the map")
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| Status | Open |
| RSVP | 28-Feb-08 |
| Cost | No charge |
| Contact | alumni@mbs.edu |
| Registration | n/a |
Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist, will speak at MBS at 1.15pm on Thursday 28th February. If you would like to attend this lunchtime session, please RSVP to alumni@mbs.edu
About Tim's new book, The Logic of Life
Life often seems to defy logic. When a prostitute agrees to unprotected sex, or a teenage criminal embarks on a burglary, or a smoker lights another cigarette, we seem to be a million miles from what we would call rational behaviour. None of this makes sense – or does it? Tim Harford thinks it does. And by weaving stories from locations as diverse as a Las Vegas casino and a Soho speed-date together with insights from an ingenious new breed of economist, he aims to persuade you that we are all, in fact, surprisingly logical.
Reading this book, you'll discover that the unlikeliest of people – racists, drug addicts, revolutionaries and rats – comply with economic logic, always taking account of future costs and benefits, even if they don't quite realise it. It even explains why your boss is so overpaid…
Always entertaining and often provocative, The Logic of Life is an astonishing guide to the hidden logic of the world around you.
Books will be available for purchase after the presentation.
Tim Harford is a member of the Financial Times editorial board. His column, “The Undercover Economist”, which reveals the economic ideas behind everyday experiences, is published in the Financial Times and Slate. He is also the only economist in the world to run a problem page, “Dear Economist”, in which FT readers’ personal problems are answered tongue-in-cheek with the latest economic theory.
His first book, “The Undercover Economist” has sold 600,000 copies worldwide in over 20 languages.
Read more about Tim at www.timharford.com
