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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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Armchair Economist
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Armchair Economist Economics & Everyday Life By: Steven E. Landsburg
This edition: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publication date: May 1, 2012
In this revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg’s hugely popular book, he applies economic theory to today’s most pressing concerns, answering a diverse range of daring questions, such as: Why are seat...
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Fair Play
Fair Play By: Steven E. Landsburg
This edition: eBook, 240 pages
Publication date: June 21, 2011
With his witty and instructive book The Armchair Economist, Steven Landsburg won popularity and acclaim by using economics to illuminate the mysteries of daily life, and using daily life to illuminate the mysteries of...
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The Big Questions
The Big Questions Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics By: Steven E. Landsburg
This edition: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publication date: October 19, 2010
In the wake of his enormously popular books The Armchair Economist and More Sex Is Safer Sex, Slate columnist and economics professor Steven Landsburg employs concepts from mathematics, economics, and physics in this sprightly...
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More Sex Is Safer Sex
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More Sex Is Safer Sex The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics By: Steven E. Landsburg
This edition: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publication date: April 1, 2008
Economics is no longer the "dismal science" dreaded by college freshmen. In recent years, a band of economists has broken away from the charts and graphs of college textbooks, and begun to explain ordinary behavior in plain...
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The Armchair Economist (revised and updated May 2012)
The Armchair Economist (revised and updated May 2012) Economics & Everyday Life By: Steven E. Landsburg
This edition: eBook
Publication date: November 1, 2007
In this revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg’s hugely popular book, he applies economic theory to today’s most pressing concerns, answering a diverse range of daring questions, such as:Why are seat belts...
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