The Logic of Life - Tim Harford

The Logic of Life by Tim Harford: Nothing logical as per me !!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- With all my excitement to read The Logic of Life -'book of the year 2008'(selected by The Economist & The Financial Times) I purchased it very recently.Sorry I am against the popular voting for this book.... The book is based on the assertion that we all make choice rationally and there is logic underlying. This concept itself was hard for me to assimilate. Being a great proponent of rational-choice theory; Tim has tried applying this theory to host of issues and scenarios. I personally ...  Read the complete review

It is not often that you can read a book and wish that you had been presented with the chance of reading it many years earlier, certainly I think that if I had been able to read Tim Harford book "The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World" to give it it's full title, my teenage life in particular may have been a lot more enjoyable. Sadly the book was only printed this year so it is rather too late but if, dear reader, you find yourself inhabiting the body of a spotty faced teenager with raging hormones and no one prepared to let you share them, or maybe a frustrated male who craves a certain kind of physical connection then this book may ...  Read the complete review