Book Review: WTF?! An economic tour of the weird , by Leeson, P. T

In WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird, author Peter T. Leeson escorts the reader and a fictitious group of visitors on a narrated museum tour of historical peculiarities in human behavior. Game theory pops up in a couple of places—mostly in the form of Nash games. [...]as the tour guide and narrat...

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Published inAmerican Economist Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 123 - 125
Main Author Swinton, John R.
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.03.2018
Subjects
Catholic churches
Economic theory
Economics
Game theory
Museum exhibits
Museums
Rationality
Trials
England
United Kingdom > UK
Central Africa
United States > US
Europe
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Summary:In WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird, author Peter T. Leeson escorts the reader and a fictitious group of visitors on a narrated museum tour of historical peculiarities in human behavior. Game theory pops up in a couple of places—mostly in the form of Nash games. [...]as the tour guide and narrator, Leeson, treats his fictitious guests rather shabbily.
ISSN:0569-4345
2328-1235
DOI:10.1177/0569434517750435