Dubner on The Price of Everything

by Russ Roberts on October 10, 2008

in Books

Stephen Dubner reviews The Price of Everything at the Freakonomics blog.

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dave smith October 10, 2008 at 12:59 am

Be sure to read the comments. They are a hoot.

nicole October 10, 2008 at 1:37 am

Funny, I was thinking more along the lines of "Be sure not to read the comments. They are even more upsetting than anticipated." Sigh.

SheetWise October 10, 2008 at 9:13 am

The reviews are encouraging. What is the premium for a signed copy? I wouldn't feel comfortable participating in the after-market discounting from Amazon — do you have a primary source for signed copies?

Rolo Tomasi October 10, 2008 at 11:24 am

Streetwise,

See his earlier post.
http://cafehayek.com/2008/10/the-5-book-club.html

swernga October 10, 2008 at 1:54 pm

In reference to reading the comments, what is up with people these days? I read a fair amount of different blogs and online articles every day (primarily conservative), and occasionally I read the comments, but more and more they seem to be full of hate and anger (not at Café Hayek of course). I guess it’s due to the anonymity of the forum, but is this how people really think and feel?

T L Holaday October 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm

swernga,

Consider these:

  • Transitioning from a position of relative power to a less-powerful position makes people angry, even if in absolute terms the power remains very high. Self-identified conservatives are coming down from a good run at the top; they will be angry.
  • It is widely believed that a common enemy is better for group cohesion than a common positive goal, so those whose goals depend on cohesive group action (such as an election) have incentives to emphasize a foe rather than elaborate a purpose.
  • etc.

Mesa Econoguy October 11, 2008 at 12:30 am

Professor Roberts, just finished the book, amidst the turmoil, and it’s wonderful.

Could you please write a sequel about how markets circumnavigate a covert, and overt takeover of the depository banking system and subsidiary mechanisms, backed by zealot regulators?

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