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Books I Liked

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World

Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics

Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters

Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

New Ideas from Dead Economists: An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Baseball Blogging

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Sports are fun, and awash in data. It shouldn’t be surprising then that economists love to study them. For example, the best-seller Freakonomics discussed cheating in sumo wrestling and academics recently examined point shaving in professional basketball. Blogs such as Sabernomics and The Sports Economist are devoted to the application of economics […]