生活的逻辑
The Logic of Life
Tim Harford · 初版 2008 年
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生活有时显得毫无逻辑。个人会做出匪夷所思的举动：吸毒、进行无保护性行为、相互抢劫。爱情似乎是非理性的，离婚亦是如此。从更大的层面来看，生活似乎也同样缺乏公平或令人捉摸不透：为什么有的街区繁荣昌盛，有的却沦为贫民窟？为什么种族主义如此根深蒂固？为什么你那位愚蠢的老板仅仅坐在红木办公桌后就能领到巨额薪水？这些棘手的问题——如果你听到经济学家给出的解答，或许会大吃一惊。不过，屡获殊荣的记者兼畅销书 The Undercover Economist 的作者 Tim Harford 正喜欢制造出人意料的惊喜。在
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……关于每天的经济学。我会推荐一些通俗经济学读物，用来熟悉经济学家思考方式的简化模型。我推荐蒂姆·哈福德的《卧底经济学2：混乱的时代与清晰的思考》和《卧底经济学3：逻辑人生》，以及罗伯特·弗兰克的《牛奶可乐经济学》。（达布纳和莱维特的书挺有娱乐性，但我不会指望从中真学到多少经济学）专业经济学家的世界一直很迷人……
…about economics every day. I would recommend some pop-econ to become familiar with a stylized version of how economists think. I'd recommend Tim Harford's The Undercover Economist Strikes Back and The Logic of Life and Robert Frank's The Economic Naturalist. (Dubner's and Levitt's books are entertaining, but I wouldn't try to learn much about economics from them) The world of professional economists has been fascinating…
……这方面的问题相当广泛——比如可以看看丹尼尔·吉尔伯特的《哈佛幸福课》、丹·艾瑞里的《怪诞行为学》，以及蒂姆·哈福德的《卧底经济学3：逻辑人生》。把这些结合起来，或许有助于解释大规模定制带来的一些社会问题。
…this issue in fairly vast—see, for example, Daniel Gilbert's <i>Stumbling on Happiness</i>, Dan Ariely's <i>Predictably Irrational</i>, and Tim Harford's <i>The Logic of Life</i>. Together, those might help explain some of the social issues with mass customization.
……周末。”如果男女数量处在波动之中，就不存在稳定的均衡状态；关于这一点以及极少数人如何影响择偶/约会市场，可以参考蒂姆·哈福德的《卧底经济学3：逻辑人生》。另外请注意，个体之间的差异远大于群体之间的差异，所以那些准备分享自己某个无性恋男性朋友以及某个女性朋友故事的人……
…weekend." There isn't a stable equilibrium if the number of males and females and fluctuating; for more on this and how small numbers of people influence mating/dating markets, see Tim Harford's _The Logic of Life_. Note too that variations among individuals are greater than variations between groups, so those of you who are about to tell stories about your guy friend who is asexual and your female friend who…
蒂姆·哈福德的 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Undercover-Economist-Tim-Harford/dp/...《卧底经济学》和 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logic-Life-Uncovering-Economics-Ever...《卧底经济学3：逻辑人生》，在从日常生活经历中提炼出严肃的经济学原理方面都非常出色。菲利普·科根的 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Money-Machine-Penguin-Business-Libra...《货币机器》倒不直接是……
Tim Harford's http://www.amazon.co.uk/Undercover-Economist-Tim-Harford/dp/..."Undercover Economist and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logic-Life-Uncovering-Economics-Ever... Logic of Life are both excellent at drawing out serious economic principles from everyday experiences. Philip Coggan's http://www.amazon.co.uk/Money-Machine-Penguin-Business-Libra... Money Machine is not directly…
……西雅图，并在这里写了相关内容：http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/dan-ariely-in-seatt... 特别看看那个传球视频的链接。他的书也很适合搭配蒂姆·哈福德的《卧底经济学3：逻辑人生》一起读：http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/the-logic-of-life-a...
…Seattle and wrote about it here: http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/dan-ariely-in-seatt... Check out in particular the link the ball video. His book also pairs well with Tim Harford's <i>The Logic of Life</i>: http://jseliger.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/the-logic-of-life-a...
多元无知这个问题并没有解释性别失衡的相对微小变化会对社会规范产生多么巨大的影响。关于这一点，可以看蒂姆·哈福德的《卧底经济学3：逻辑人生》，尤其是他讲“婚姻超市”那一章。不管怎样，我针对《旗帜周刊》上的《新约会游戏》写过一篇关于现代性文化的文章：http://jseliger.com/2010/05/05/the-weekly-standard-on-the-ne...……
The issue of pluralistic ignorance doesn't address the relatively large changes that relatively small changes in gender imbalance can have on norms. For more on this, see Tim Harford's The Logic of Life and in particular his chapter on "The Marriage Supermarket." In any event, I wrote an essay about modern sexual culture in response to "The New Dating Game" in the Weekly Standard: http://jseliger.com/2010/05/05/the-weekly-standard-on-the-ne...…