Wtf An Economic Tour Of The Weird 9781503600911 Economics Books On april 26, 2018, the hayek program hosted a book panel featuring author peter leeson and scholars boris gershman and steven pfaff to discuss the theories and implications of leeson's new book. about hayek program podcast. An economic tour of the weird, is something else altogether. as far as content, the book combines eight real world behaviors that make you say "wtf?!", derived from leeson's research and published papers.
Wtf An Economic Tour Of The Weird At least 'freakonomics' cares about things that currently matter, while this book offers revisions of bizarre historical practices using applied game theory and other microeconomics tools. i also hated the "tour of the weird" format, narrated by a smartypants that likes to throw jokes that only economists can find remotely fun. This chapter uses the economic way of thinking to understand judicial ordeals—trials by fire and water—in medieval europe. it explains how judges leveraged citizens' superstition through ordeals to find fact in criminal cases. this enabled judges to accurately determine defendants' guilt or innocence where "ordinary" evidence was absent. Wtf?! is an interactive tour of the world's weirdest social practices that uses economic thinking to reveal the solid logic behind their seeming senselessness includes bibliographical references and index. "a fascinating tour of some of the world’s strangest customs and behaviors, led by a brilliant, funny, and eccentric tour guide dedicated to the proposition that no matter how strange it looks, there’s always a reason for it—and a lesson to be learned by discovering that reason.” —steven e. landsburg, author of the armchair economist.
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