Easily digestible and great fun to read, The Armchair Economist takes the geek-speak out of economics, explaining its relevance to everyday people and using it to simplify the mysteries of daily life.
This brilliant collection of witty and controversial essays dissects our everyday behaviour, and shows how the laws of economics can reveal themselves in the weirdest ways. With humour and wit, Steven E. Landsburg explains why popcorn's so expensive at the movies, why taxes are so bad, how seatbelts kill and many more amazing things that you've often wondered – and many things you haven't! From unemployment and illiteracy, to polygamy and popcorn, this is one economics book with it all, and one that everyone can enjoy.