Who Gets What – and Why

[abp:0544705289:c:alignright]Author: Alvin E. Roth Rating: [rating: 4.5/5] Competitive situations arise frequently in our daily lives, from school admissions and legal employment to organ allocation. In many cases, various limitations prevent participants from accessing the necessary information to make informed decisions or from exchanging the resources they need. Through numerous examples,…

More Sex Is Safer Sex

[abp:1416532226:c:alignright]Author: Steven E. Landsburg Rating: [rating: 4.5/5] Landsburg sets out to challenge reader's views on many "common senses" through economical cost-benefit analysis. Many of topics touch hot-buttons of social, environment and economic issues, and the solution are often counterintuitive. Some of the ideas seem crazy, but the reader should keep…

Simplexity

[abp:B0023RSZR8:c:alignright]Author: Jeffrey Kluger Rating: [rating: 1/5] The subtitle of the book reads, "Why Simple Things Become Complex (and How Complex Things Can Be Made Simple)". It sounds appealing. Indeed, many things become overly complicated just because they are not handled properly. If the book could shed some light on how…