| The Logic of Life | |
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The Logic of Life C(hach) |
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| Author(s) | Tim Harford |
| Country | USA, United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Random House ( United States) Little Brown ( United Kingdom) |
| Publication date | 2008-01-15 ( United States) 2008-01-25 ( United Kingdom) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 272 pp (hardback, United States), 288 pp (hardback, United Kingdom) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1400066421 (hardback, United States), ISBN 978-0316027564 (hardback, United Kingdom) |
The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World (ISBN 978-1400066421) is a book by Tim Harford published in 2008 by Random House. Harford argues that rational behavior is more widespread than expected in the larger population. He uses economic principles to draw forth the rational elements of supposedly illogical behaviors to illustrate his point.