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Witty economists are about as easy to find as anorexic mezzo-sopranos, natty mujahedeen, and cheerful Philadelphians. But Steven E. Landsburg...is one economist who fits the bill. In a wide-ranging, easily digested, unbelievably contrarian survey of everything from why popcorn at movie houses costs so much to why recycling may actually reduce the number of trees on the planet, the University of Rochester professor valiantly turns the discussion of vexing economic questions into an activity that ordinary people might enjoy. -- Joe Queenan, The Wall Street Journal The Armchair Economist is a wonderful little book, written by someone for whom English is a first (and beloved) language, and it contains not a single graph or equation...Landsburg presents fascinating concepts in a form easily accessible to noneconomists. -- Erik M. Jensen, The Cleveland Plain Dealer ...enormous fun from its opening page...Landsburg has done something extraordinary: He has expounded basic economic principles with wit and verve. -- Dan Seligman, Fortune

史蒂文•蘭茲伯格，芝加哥大學數學博士，現任羅切斯特大學經濟學教授。蘭茲伯格在Slate網絡雜誌撰寫的“每日經濟學”專欄深受歡迎，他也應邀在《財福》、《福布斯》、《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《華爾街日報》等刊物發錶文章，著有《價格理論與應用》、《為什麼不嚮美麗徵稅》、《性越多越安全》。