Who Gets What — and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
By: Alvin E. Roth
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Nobel laureate reveals the often surprising rules that govern a vast array of activities -- both …
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By: None
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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4.23
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3. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
By: Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler
3.84
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
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4. Who Gets What — and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
By: Alvin E. Roth
3.32
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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5. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
By: Liaquat Ahamed
4.19
Format: 144 pages,
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6. Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
By: Richard H. Thaler
4.16
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7. Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
By: Muhammad Yunus , Alan Jolis
3.84
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Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of pov… read more
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8. Economics Rules - The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science
By: Dani Rodrik
4.50
Format: 144 pages,
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9. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
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10. Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
By: Robert J. Shiller , George A. Akerlof
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
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11. Capitalism and Freedom
By: Milton Friedman
3.97
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4.23
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13. The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
By: Brian Christian
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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14. Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD
By: Tamara Rosier
4.30
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15. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
By: Mike Isaac
4.14
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
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16. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee
4.23
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
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17. The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
By: Bill Hammack
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Visual Mba: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness
By: Jason Barron
3.74
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19. Economics for the Common Good
By: Jean Tirole
3.91
Format: 576 pages, ebook
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20. We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care
By: Liran Einav
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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