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Thinking Like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making

By: Randall Bartlett, The Great Courses
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Economic forces are everywhere around you. But that doesn't mean you need to passively accept whatever outcome those forces might press upon you. Instead, with these 12 fast-moving and crystal clear lectures, you can learn how to use a small handful of basic nuts-and-bolts principles to turn those same forces to your own advantage.

Requiring no previous economics background, Professor Bartlett presents some of the fundamental principles and concepts that shape the lenses through which economists view the world. He then shows you how to use these simple analytical tools to understand what you see through those lenses. By learning to identify the many varied situations in which economics affects your life and how to wield the tools that can help you make the wisest choices in those situations, you'll enhance not only your understanding of daily life but your own success in living it.

Packed with case studies, helpful strategies, economic insights, and more, this series will equip you with a reliable toolkit for thinking more like an everyday economist and approach the issues in your own life with a more educated, seasoned eye. And after these dozen lectures with Professor Bartlett, things really will look very different. You'll see how basic economic ideas like incentives, risks, rewards, and rationality are not just the province of professional economists, government policymakers, or your local bank's loan officer, but instead lie at the root of nearly every decision you must make in your daily life.

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Eye opening view on life

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Great lecture on how to change your perspective or view scenarios through a different lens. Great tools for making rational decisions.

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very good book to listen to and apply concepts. practical for everybody and applications at work.

Practical and useful

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A fantastic guide for knuckle-heads like myself who are puzzled by the descisions made by myself and others. The section on false incentives was very eye opening. Bartlett does an excellent job explaining the math and reasoning behind why we do what we do and why it might not always be the best possible choice.

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Really liked this book, as the lectures are well explained and you can apply everything to your day to day. Very enjoyable book.

Excellent, practical book!

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Great overview & refresher of core economic principles, with practical, easy-to-relate-to examples. Well worth the opportunity cost. :)

Outstanding

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I thought this might be boring, but I was wrong. This is stuff that should be mandatory in public education. We would all be better off if we thought like economists. I for one will take this new found knowledge to improve the quality of my life.

Life changing

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I tend to subscribe to a more Libertarian/Laissez-faire view of economics. This book is not that but it was very informative and it's nice to have a different prospective from other economists I enjoy.

I enjoyed it.

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I haven’t taken an Econ course in years. This was an engaging and entertaining re-introduction to the big ideas of the field.

Great Overview of Economic Principles

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I cannot say this for myself, since I am since long a fan of Freakonomics and interested in behavioral economics, but to those who are looking for something that could really change their lives for the best, this is absolutely a must.
Clear, actionable and with the right tempo and digressions.

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