This book caught my eye today at Borders. No, its not my off day today, I went after work. Reading the introduction, I did what the author told me to do and bought it.
“The Undercover Economist (ISBN 0-19-518977-9) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. Book provides introductory information on principles of economics, including but not limited to demand-supply interactions, market failures, externalities, globalization, international trade, comparative advantage. It explains in non-technical terms how Starbucks and other Coffee providers price their products, why it is hard to buy a decent used car, why health insurance system in United States is failing, and why poor countries remain poor while China grew continuously rich in last couple of decades, among other things.” – Wikipedia
If anybody wants to buy books from Borders, I have a discount. I happen to buy this one book (Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters) that costs 50 bucks and they took down my name and email. They have been sending me discount coupons for books and cds ever since. Not a bad deal afterall.
Over at borders I also realized that Neil Gaiman had written a new book. For those who never knew who Neil Gaiman is, he is the guy who wrote the Sandman series. No, not that wuss sandman who killed Ben Parker in Spiderman (which by the way, is a terrible film. Come on, spidey emo?!), but the award winning comic series Sandman.
Maybe I’ll wait another 2 weeks, get another email from Borders with a 35% discount for all full priced books, then pop over and buy it.
Geez I’m such a cheapskate.
