Economics at the Wheel: The Costs of Cars and Drivers | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard C. Porter
Publisher: Academic Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2351505
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 258
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0125623607
Dewey Decimal Number: 388.3
EAN: 9780125623605
ASIN: 0125623607
Publication Date: October 1, 1999
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Product Description
Economics at the Wheel is about cars and driving, and all the problems that cars and drivers create for America. It explains actual government policy intended to reduce the damage cars and drivers do to us, and it explains why these government policies are almost all failures because they attack the wrong problem or attack it in the wrong way. The reader will come away with a much fuller understanding of air pollution, global warming, highway safety, auto insurance, gasoline taxation, rush-hour congestion, leaking underground storage tanks, and many other auto-related issues.
Key Features
* Looks at common actions and circumstances from an economics perspective
* Readable with accessible prose style and few footnotes
* Includes questions to provoke student thinking and boxed sections of side materials to stimulate discussions
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Doesn't skimp on the math March 6, 2004
This is a great book. It's quick, concise, well-organized, easy to understand, not dumbed down, practical ... I could go on. Plus, Prof Porter actually emailed back when I wrote him with comments and questions. The book includes questions throughout for further thought, the answers to which are in the back and resemble class notes. I wish I could find a book as good as this on more topics.
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