Thinking like an economist [sound recording] : a guide to rational decision making / Randall Bartlett.

Title:

ISBN:

9781470381851

Personal Author:

Bartlett, Randall, 1945-

Publication Information:

[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Company ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed by] Recorded Books, [2010]

℗2010

Physical Description:

6 audio discs (approximately 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM.

General Note:

"Great courses. Topic, Business & economics. Subtopic, Economics."

Compact disc.

The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 12 lectures.

Bonus disc contains course workbook in PDF format.

In container (17 cm.).

Contents:

Disc 1. Economist's tool kit : 6 principles ; Economist's tool kit : 3 core concepts -- disc 2. Myth of "true value" ; Incentives and optimal choice -- disc 3. False incentives, real harm ; Economics of ignorance -- disc 4. Playing the odds : reason in a risky world ; Economics of information -- disc 5. A matter of time : predicting future values ; Think again : evaluating risk in purchasing -- disc 6. Behavioral economics : what are we thinking? ; Acting like an economist.

Summary:

Randall Bartlett, professor of economics at Smith College, applies economic principles to the making of fully rational real-life decisions.

Subject Term:

Economic forecasting

Genre:

Audiobooks

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company

Recorded Books, LLC

Series Title:

Great courses (Compact disc). Business & economics.

Great courses (Compact disc)