Linda S Ghent, Alan P Grant

Seinfeld and Economics

Lessons on Everything from the Show about Nothing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As the most successful sitcom of all time, the television series Seinfeld provides a rich environment for learning basic economic principles. Each chapter in this book explores one or more key economic concepts typically and relates them to key scenes from the show.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9780367222932
• ISBN-10: 0367222930
• Artikelnr.: 60021095

Autorenporträt

Linda S. Ghent is Professor of Economics at Eastern Illinois University, U.S.A. Alan P. Grant is Professor of Economics at Baker University, U.S.A.

Inhaltsangabe

(1) I Cannot Spare a Square: Scarcity, Trade-Offs, and Opportunity Cost (2) Mastering Your Domain: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Incentives (3) Ending World Hunger: The Gains from Exchange (4) No Soup for You: How Market Structure Alters Your Choices (5) Low Flow? I Don
t Like the Sound of That: Interference in the Market (6) My Rods and Cones are All Screwed Up! Living with Externalities (7) I Am Gonna Beat the Hell Out of This Car: Markets with Asymmetric Information (8) A Man Without Hand Is Not a Man: Strategic Behavior (9) $182 Is Nothing to Sneeze At: Are People Always Rational and Is Rationality the Best Thing? (Epilogue) You
ve Read the Book and Yada...Yada...Yadä, You
re Now an Economist!