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THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST showed how ordinary economics explained everyday curiosities, such as the price of a cup of coffee and the traffic jam on the way to the supermarket. THE LOGIC OF LIFE shows how the new economics of rational choice theory explains much, much more. Drug addicts and teenage muggers can be rational. Suburban sprawl and inner city decay are rational. Endless meetings at the office and the injustices of working life? Rational. Economics explains why your boss is overpaid, whether we should build more prisons, and whether a city like New Orleans can recover from disaster....

I think I need to read section 3. I've always had the attitude described in section 4, and I'm always grateful to have errors pointed out to me. People getting upset when they're called on a mistake "does not compute" for me. This makes collaborations interesting, in the interesting times sense of the word. By stripey_cat (not verified) on 14 Jan 2011 #permalink I'll probably read it. By herp n. derpington (not verified) on 14 Jan 2011 #permalink @ Mike - But did you try nickles? @ Steve & stripey - I did not mean to imply that section 3 wasn't good. It's pretty tough to get inside other p...

So he had worked his way around to saying he was born here, period. he nephew said he was wrong, that donald trump himself was wrong. but now since is the inauguration, behind the scenes he's reneging on that. >> he made that statement the middle of september last year. if he has a legitimate chance to be president of the united states, shouldn't we raise this question and get an answer to it. he then gave that response. that response was 100% political. i remember watching it. it was very clear to me donald trump was reading the words someone told him to read, which he doesn't do all that oft...

That divide. this past week was not really the best effort to do any of that, but now, congressman, we have tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m., the president will be addressing the strategy moving forward for afghanistan and this is mixed with the recent poll numbers showing that the president is down as richard is pointing out trying to come together as americans, one of the best ways that we've seen our country do that through the white house is when a president chooses a foe, and afghanistan has been technically a foe and we're a country at war over the last 16 years. does this turn the tide in any ...

Plus. >> but the house is looking very weak. >> yeah. >> that's what trump is doing here. when he talks about, you know, when he talks about the u.s. intelligence community being wrong, that's a political move. he's trying to keep his base, his shrinking or small base which protects him in the house still strong, still doubting what they're hearing from the intelligence community. as long as he can do that, then he's protected politically. this is now a political game, and that's what i think he's doing. >> david, listen to james clapper, of course, who used to be the head of dni, the agency y...