Ce volume regroupe deux livres parus originellement en anglais en 2006 (mise à jour en 2013) et 2013, sous les titres The Undercover Economist et The Undercover Economist Strikes Back. Le premier s'est vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires et a été traduit en plus de trente langues. Traduit de l'...

La charrue, l'ampoule électrique, la pilule contraceptive, l'argent liquide, le code-barre, l'air conditionné, l'Etat-providence, le béton, le plastique ... : comment chacune de ces inventions a-t-elle durablement bouleversé l'économie ? À l'heure où l'économie mondiale est de plus en plus complexe ...

La vie semble souvent défier la logique. Lorsqu'une prostituée consent à des rapports sans protection, qu'un jeune délinquant commet un cambriolage ou qu'un fumeur allume une cigarette, il semble bien que nous soyons à des années-lumière de ce que l'on pourrait appeler un « comportement rationnel »....

Tim Harford's incredibly successful radio programme, podcast and book is now back for an extra fifty things. From the QWERTY keyboard and the humble brick to the bicycle, the beehive and the spreadsheet, this ingenious format once again allows Tim to explore surprising and eye-opening connections be...

Using his trademark narrative skills, Tim Harford takes us deep into the world of statistics and shows how important and powerful they can be ...

Les défis d'aujourd'hui ne peuvent être relevés à coup de solutions toutes faites et d'opinions d'experts car le monde est devenu trop imprévisible et profondément complexe. Nous ferions mieux de nous adapter : improviser au lieu de planifier, travailler d'aval en amont et non d'amont en aval, avanc...

'Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvisation and confusion. His liberating message: you'll be more successful if you stop struggling so hard to plan or control your success. Messy is a deep...

Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service Who thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change the face of the legal profession? Why was the horse collar as important for human progress as the steam engine? How did the humble spreadsheet turn the world of finance upside-d...

Tim Harford is one of the finest writers of nonfiction. This is another brilliant read: wise, humane and, above all, illuminating. Nobody is better on statistics and numbers - and how to make sense of them> ...

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* The Undercover Economist takes on the world - the new book from global bestseller Tim Harford ...

* The very best letters from Tim Harford's celebrated FINANCIAL TIMES 'Dear Economist' column, collected here in one volume for the first time ...

Britain's answer to the American bestseller, FREAKONOMICS ...

A dazzling application of new economic theories to the world around us - by the author of THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST ...

Addresses write-in questions from an economic standpoint, in a volume culled from the author's popular <IT>Financial Times <RO>column that shares his perspectives on such topics as the cost-benefit analysis of smoking, how economies of scale can enable romantic relationships, and the pos...

Bordélique loue les bienfaits du désordre, dévoilant pourquoi celui-ci est important, pourquoi nous lui résistons et pourquoi nous devrions plutôt l'accueillir à bras ouverts. Faisant appel aux recherches en neurosciences, en psychologie, en sciences sociales, ainsi qu'aux exemples captivants de per...

The urge to tidiness seems to be rooted deep in the human psyche. Many of us feel threatened by anything that is vague, unplanned, scattered around or hard to describe. We find comfort in having a script to rely on, a system to follow, in being able to categorise and file away. We all benefit from ...