Leeson, Peter T.

Wtf?! : An Economic Tour of the Weird. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (261 pages)

Cover -- Tour Stops -- Waiting in the Lobby -- 1. Your Favorite Acronym -- 2. Burn, Baby, Burn -- 3. FSBO: Like-New, Preowned Wife -- 4. Public Uses for Private Parts -- 5. God Damn -- 6. Chicken, Please -- Hold the Poison -- 7. Jiminy Cricket's Journey to Hell -- 8. Fighting Solves Everything -- Comment Cards -- Tour Sponsors and Supporters -- Appendix (for Nerds) -- Notes (for Naysayers) -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

WTF?! is an interactive tour of the world's weirdest social practices that uses economic thinking to reveal the solid logic behind their seeming senselessness.

9781503604490


Manners and customs.
Economics.
Rational choice theory.


Electronic books.

GT95 .L447 2017