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Steven E. Landsburg

Steven E. Landsburg
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Steven E. Landsburg

Steven E. Landsburg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of The Armchair Economist, Fair Play, More Sex is Safer Sex, The Big Questions, two textbooks in economics, a forthcoming textbook on general relativity and cosmology, and over 30 journal articles in mathematics, economics and philosophy. His current research is in the area of quantum game theory. He blogs daily at www.TheBigQuestions.com. For over ten years, he wrote the monthly "Everyday Economics" column in Slate magazine, and has written regularly for Forbes and occasionally for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He appeared as a... Read full bio

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Solving Country’s High Population Growt
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...others – that is why there are First and Third World countries. There are even unconventional economists like Steven E. Landsburg, author of “The Armchair Economist,” more population will solve more problems. He says further that twice as many...
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InfoBarrel, July 25, 2011
...why prices are set according to information from both parties (buyer and seller). 2) The Armchair Economist - Steven Landsburg One of my favourite Economics books of all - some real gems of information lie in this book. Really well put together in that...
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Business Insider, July 25, 2011
...trade. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life Why does popcorn cost so much at the movie theaters? Steven Landsburg discusses this and other puzzles of economic life. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economics Explores the Hidden Side of Everything...