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Logic of Life reviews and book forum
26th January 2008
There is a very positive review of Tim Harford’s new book ‘The Logic of Life’ in today’s New York Times.
‘Mr. Harford has a knack for explaining economic principles and problems in plain language and, even better, for making them fun. He loves to overturn conventional thinking on matters as small as playing a poker hand and as large as the reasons behind the Industrial Revolution, which have nothing to do, he maintains, with a so-called entrepreneurial culture in Protestant Northern Europe. It all boiled down, he writes, to “a calculated and deliberate response to high British wages and cheap British coal,” which led inevitably to steam power and labor-saving technology.’
The rest of the review can be read here
David Smith interviews Tim Harford in the Sunday Times. The interview is available on David’s blog
Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution has started an online discussion forum chewing over aspects of the book - it is already full of lively comment. You can find it here.
Discussion of Chapter 2 on Game Theory at Marginal Revolution is now underway! *Monday 28th January)
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.