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Unexpected economics [sound recording] / Timothy Taylor.

Taylor, Timothy, 1960- (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

Economics is a field most people think of as having to do with international trade balances, gross national products, unemployment projections, and other issues involving our own finances, our country's, or the world's. In recent decades, though, economists have been turning their lenses on issues well outside these traditional boundaries, focusing on one "unexpected" subject after another. They're asking how we choose our spouses, for example, or why we select particular places to worship, or what goes into our decision to designate ourselves as organ donors on our driver's licenses. Indeed, the latest thinking to come from the field of economics can offer us a fresh perspective on every area of life in which the interactions of personal choice, motivation, and perceived outcome-the very heart of economics-play essential roles. Professor Taylor's lectures will help you grasp the ways in which these mechanisms for making choices operate even in areas in which you may never have considered the forces of economics to be at work.

Record details

  • ISBN: 159803779X (discs)
  • ISBN: 9781598037791 (discs)
  • Physical Description: 12 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (iv, 159 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.)
  • Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Two volume course accompanied by one guidebook of the same title.
In 2 containers (19 cm.).
24 lectures at 30 min. each.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Guidebook Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-158).
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1, lecture 1. The world of choices -- disc 1, lecture 2. A market for pregnancy -- disc 2, lecture 3. Selling a kidney -- disc 2, lecture 4. Traffic congestion -- costs, pricing, and you -- disc 3 lecture 5. Two-way ties between religion and economics -- disc 3, lecture 6. Prediction markets -- windows on the future -- disc 4, lecture 7. Pathways for crime and crime fighting -- disc 4, lecture 8. Terrorism as an occupational choice -- disc 5, lecture 9. Small choices and racial discrimination -- disc 5, lecture 10. Procreation and parenthood -- disc 6, lecture 11. Small choices and racial discrimination -- disc 6, lecture 12. Cooperation and the prisoner's dilemma -- disc 7, lecture 13. Fairness and the ultimatum game -- disc 7, lecture 14. Myopic preferences and behavioral economics -- disc 8, lecture 15. Altruism, charity, and gifts -- disc 8, lecture 16. Loss aversion and reference point bias -- disc 9, lecture 17. Risk and uncertainty -- disc 9, lecture 18. Human herds and Information cascades -- disc 10, lecture 19. Addiction and choice -- disc 10, lecture 20. Obesity -- who bears the costs? -- disc 11, lecture 21. The economics of natural disasters -- disc 11, lecture 22. Sports lessons -- pay, performance, tournaments -- disc 12, lecture 23. Voting, money, and politics -- disc 12, lecture 24. The pursuit of happiness.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lectures by Professor Timothy Taylor, Macalester College.
System Details Note:
Compact discs.
Subject:
Economics.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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