Why do you get poorer the more you save? Why does the beggar only want 1 yuan but not 10 yuan? With so many people taking the subway every day, why does the subway company still lose money? Why are good-looking people less likely to commit crimes? Why does the fisherman want small fish instead of big fish? …
Perhaps these trivial daily problems seem to you so trivial and absurd that you have never paid attention to them, let alone carefully thought about the reasons behind them. Philp, the author of "Weird Economics", uses an economic perspective to analyze a large number of interesting and fresh cases in daily life. He peels off the cocoons and digs deeper step by step to reveal the economic truth behind them, allowing you to understand economics like a detective novel.
After reading this book, you will suddenly realize that economics has penetrated into every corner of our lives, not just food, clothing, housing, and transportation, but also work, relationships, and business. You will easily understand and gain insight into the economic principles and truth behind daily life, and gradually form an economic way of thinking.
Reader comments
Only in the middle of reading did I realize that the book Weird Economics was not written by a foreigner. Alas, I finally had the patience to finish reading it. Let's not talk about the layout. At least it opened up another way of thinking about the problem and let me learn that when looking at the problem, I should not just look at the appearance, but to see the essence through the appearance. Only by analyzing from various aspects and angles can I truly learn things and see the original nature of things clearly. It's a pretty good book for me.
This book is very interesting. It uses an economics perspective to explain some phenomena that we find strange in our daily lives. I like the cases in the book, they are very novel. Just like the story of Snow White, it turns out that from an economic perspective, it can be interpreted differently. I recommend you take a look and you will gain new insights.
Only in the middle of reading did I realize that the book Weird Economics was not written by a foreigner. Alas, I finally had the patience to finish reading it. Let's not talk about the layout. At least it opened up another way of thinking about the problem and let me learn that when looking at the problem, I should not just look at the appearance, but to see the essence through the appearance. Only by analyzing from various aspects and angles can I truly learn things and see the original nature of things clearly. It's a pretty good book for me.
This book is very interesting. It uses an economics perspective to explain some phenomena that we find strange in our daily lives. I like the cases in the book, they are very novel. Just like the story of Snow White, it turns out that from an economic perspective, it can be interpreted differently. I recommend you take a look and you will gain new insights.
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