Reason to Be Happy

Basu, Kaushik
Reason to Be Happy

Reason to Be Happy

Basu, Kaushik

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How to use logic to solve everyday problems and think your way to a better life, by one of the world's leading economists.

Why do our friends have more friends than we do? How do you book the best available seats on a plane? And if jogging for ten minutes adds eight minutes to our life expectancy, should we still go jogging?

The ability to reason is one of our most undervalued skills. In everyday life, the key is to put yourself in the shoes of a clever competitor and think about how they might respond. Whether you are dealing with events on the scale of the Cuban missile crisis or letting go of anger, leading economist Professor Kaushik Basu shows how game theory - the logic of social situations - can help us achieve better outcomes and lasting happiness.

Full of fascinating thought experiments and puzzles, Reason to Be Happy is a paean to the power of rationality. If you want to have a good life and even make the world a better place, you can start by thinking clearly.

Author:   Basu, Kaushik
Publisher:   Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN:  

9781911709282


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 April 2024
Bind Format:   Paperback
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How to use logic to solve everyday problems and think your way to a better life, by one of the world's leading economists.

Why do our friends have more friends than we do? How do you book the best available seats on a plane? And if jogging for ten minutes adds eight minutes to our life expectancy, should we still go jogging?

The ability to reason is one of our most undervalued skills. In everyday life, the key is to put yourself in the shoes of a clever competitor and think about how they might respond. Whether you are dealing with events on the scale of the Cuban missile crisis or letting go of anger, leading economist Professor Kaushik Basu shows how game theory - the logic of social situations - can help us achieve better outcomes and lasting happiness.

Full of fascinating thought experiments and puzzles, Reason to Be Happy is a paean to the power of rationality. If you want to have a good life and even make the world a better place, you can start by thinking clearly.

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Author:   Basu, Kaushik
Publisher:   Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN:  

9781911709282


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 April 2024
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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