The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times

by Robert H. Frank

Overview

Ask a dozen talking heads about how the economy works and what course of action we should take and you'll get thirteen different answers. But what if we possessed a handful of basic principles that could guide our decisions — both the personal ones about what to buy and how to spend but also those national ones that have been capturing the headlines? Robert H. Frank, (a.k.a. the Economic Naturalist) has been illustrating those principles longer and more clearly than anyone else. In The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide, he reveals how they play out in Washington, on Wall Street, and in our own lives, covering everything from tax policy to financial investment to everyday decisions about saving and spending. In today's uncertain economic climate, The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide's insights have more bearing on our pocketbooks, policies, and personal happiness than ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465019014
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	04/27/2010
Edition description:	First Trade Paper Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Robert H. Frank is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management Economics at Cornell University's Graduate School of Management and a regular columnist for the New York Times. His previous books include The Economic Naturalist, Falling Behind, The Winner-Take-All Society, Luxury Fever, and Principles of Economics (with Ben Bernanke). He lives in Ithaca, New York.

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"Amusing, enlightening, instructive and easy to understand." —-Publishers Weekly

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"Amusing, enlightening, instructive and easy to understand." ---Publishers Weekly

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Humans may be rational animals, but many of our decisions are poorly thought through. That's the main idea behind Robert Frank's latest book, which examines and challenges the economic choices we make. Narrator Patrick Lawlor's style is well suited to audiobooks that try to persuade and explain; he uses frequent rhetorical pauses and strongly emphasizes important phrases. That makes him a fine match for Frank's arguments, which are incisive and often surprising, even after one knows his political bent. Most items take only a few minutes to listen to—they are past columns from the NEW YORK TIMES—and they're well organized into an insightful, entertaining collection. D.B. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2009 - AudioFile