The Price of Everything (Storpocket)
avEduardo Porter
ISBN: 9780099537359 - UTGIVEN: 201203Why is a life saved from a terrorist attack worth two saved from a natural disaster? Why are women more valuable than ever? Why do Americans tip when Europeans don't? And how can orange juice be used to predict the weather? The Price of Everything starts with a simple premise: behind every decision [...]
Price of everything - the cost of birth, the price of death, and the value (Pocket)
avEduardo Porter
ISBN: 9780434019786 - UTGIVEN: 2011-01-06The Price of Everything starts with a simple premise: there is a price behind each choice that we make - individual or collective. Whether we're deciding to buy a cheeseburger, go to church, or enact health care reform, everything has its price. Eduardo Porter sets out to uncover the hidden logic of[...]
The Price of Everything: Finding Method in the Madness of What Things Cost (Häftad)
avEduardo Porter
ISBN: 9781591844273 - UTGIVEN: 201202"Porter's work out to ring up the audience for Steven Levitt's "Freakonomics.""
-"Booklist"Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense. We shell out $2.29 for coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be had at the corner deli for less than a dollar. We may be less willing to g[...]
