Paul L Hebert
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A Warning
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,987
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,442
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,424
In time for the 2020 presidential election, Anonymous returns to expand on their "must read" (Time), number-one best-selling behind-the-scenes "scathing portrait" (USA Today) of the Trump presidency with new words of warning for Americans everywhere.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Warning about 'A Warning'
- De Buretto en 11-20-19
- A Warning
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
nothing new
Revisado: 11-27-19
I don't doubt that anonymous is a Whitehouse insider, but anyone who has been paying attention to the news could have written this.
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The Logic of Life
- The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
- De: Tim Harford
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 66
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom - why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar? Thorny questions, and you might be surprised to hear the answers coming from an economist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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enlightening & good fun
- De Rebecca en 01-28-08
- The Logic of Life
- The Rational Economics of an Irrational World
- De: Tim Harford
- Narrado por: John Lee
meh
Revisado: 05-07-09
The book starts with some startling insights. For example, who would have thought that oral sex was a rational alternative to intercourse for couples who didn't want to become pregnant, except perhaps anyone who has ever had or thought of having sex. And thank goodness we have people with PhD's to explain to us that owners take better care of their properties than renters because they have more invested in them, although I suppose we could have also got that insight from anyone who has ever owned or rented anything.
The first part of the book is full of uninspired insights such as these. If you can make it past them there are some interesting nuggets on "rational" discrimination and how dropping out of school can be seen as a rational response to discrimination in the work place. But, the books central thesis--that our behaviors are best viewed as rational responses to incentives--seems overly simplistic. For example, why am I writing a review of this book? It doesn't seem rational--why do I care if you waste a few hours on a silly book--and I'm sure I will regret writing it in a few minutes when I realize I am going to be late for work. Also, the book basically ignores the research presented in Blink and similar books, which suggest decisions are a mix of rational and instinctive processes. That's unfortunate.
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