Micromotives and Macrobehavior / Edition 1

by Thomas C. Schelling

Overview

“Before Freakonomics and the The Tipping Point, there was Micromotives and Macrobehavior.” —Barry Nalebuff, coauthor of Thinking StrategicallyMicromotives and Macrobehavior deals with all involve systems of behavior where a person reacting, responding, and adapting to his surroundings fails to perceive, or doesn't care, how his actions combine with the actions of others to produce unanticipated results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393090093
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/28/1978
Series:	Fels Lectures on Public Policy Analysis
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Thomas C. Schelling (1921—2016) was the co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science and the Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.

Editorial Reviews

Mr. Schelling’s [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare.— Robert Frank

New York Times

Mr. Schelling’s [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare.

Robert Frank - New York Times

Schelling's [book] transformed the way many economists think about the relationship between competition and social welfare.

Robert H. Frank - New York Times