Description: Uncommon Sense : Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism, Paperback by Becker, Gary S.; Posner, Richard A., ISBN 0226041026, ISBN-13 9780226041025, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize&;winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. In no time, the blog had established a wide readership and reputation as a reliable source of lively, thought-provoking commentary on current events, its pithy and profound weekly essays highlighting the value of economic reasoning when applied to unexpected topics. Uncommon Sense gathers the most important and innovative entries from the blog, arranged by topic, along with updates and even reconsiderations when subsequent events have shed new light on a question. Whether it&;s Posner making the economic case for the legalization of gay marriage, Becker arguing in favor of the sale of human organs for transplant, or even the pair of scholars vigorously disagreeing about the utility of collective punishment, the writing is always clear, the interplay energetic, and the resulting discussion deeply informed and intellectually substantial. To have a single thinker of the stature of a Becker or Posner addressing questions of this nature would make for fascinating reading; to have both, writing and responding to each other, is an exceptionally rare treat. With Uncommon Sense, they invite the adventurous reader to join them on a whirlwind intellectual journey. All they ask is that you leave your preconceptions behind.
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Book Title: Uncommon Sense : Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism
Publisher: T.H.E. University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Government
Item Height: 233 mm
Item Weight: 624 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Gary S. Becker, Richard A. Posner
Subject Area: Family Sociology
Item Width: 167 mm
Format: Paperback
