Robert H. Frank
Forfatter af The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas
Om forfatteren
Robert H. Frank is the H. J. Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, emeritus, at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management. He has been an Economic View columnist for the New York Times since 2005. His many books include Success and Luck (Princeton). Twitter vis mere @econnaturalist vis mindre
Værker af Robert H. Frank
The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us (1995) 217 eksemplarer
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times (2009) 46 eksemplarer
What Price the Moral High Ground?: Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments (2003) 43 eksemplarer
The Return of The Economic Naturalist: How Economics Helps Make Sense of Your World (2009) 36 eksemplarer
牛奶可乐经济学 1 eksemplar
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- Frank, Robert Harris
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- Coral Gables High School, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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- Cornell University (Johnson Graduate School of Management)
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- Apple Distinguished Teaching Award
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Good introduction to the way that economists think about some problems. Breaks down many issues in an analytical way, outlining the apparent discrepancy and attempting to explain it. I think it falls down in that it gets repetitive very quickly, and also due to the sometimes speculative nature of the explanations. For example, one question dealing with the varying popularity of text messaging from one country to another resorted to 'national character' as an unsatisfactory answer.
Useful for those new to economics, perhaps, but may overextend the applicability of economic concepts in some areas. While such uses are plausible, often they are unnecessary and overcomplicate where a simple common sense answer would suffice.… (mere)