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

Frank, Robert H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465019013 ISBN 13: 9780465019014

Publisher: Basic Books, 2010

Synopsis

Ask a dozen talking heads about the course of action we should take to right the economy 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 how to save and spend but also those national ones that have been capturing the headlines?

Robert H. Frank has been illustrating these 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 healthcare to tax policy to everyday decisions about what we do with our money.

In today's uncertain economic climate, The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide's insights have more bearing than ever on our pocketbooks, policies, and personal happiness.

About this title

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.

From AudioFile:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0465019013
• ISBN 13: 9780465019014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240