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Schelling, Thomas C., 1921-2016.

Micromotives and macrobehavior / Thomas C. Schelling. - New ed., with a new preface and the Nobel Lecture. - New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, c.2006. - 270 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Fels lectures on public policy analysis .

"New edition"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the New Edition --
Acknowledgments --
1. Micromotives and macrobehavior --
2. The inescapable mathematics of musical chairs --
3. Thermostats, lemons, and other families of models --
4. Sorting and mixing : race and sex --
5. Sorting and mixing : age and income --
6. Choosing our children's genes --
7. Hockey helmets, daylight saving, and other binary choices --
8. An astonishing sixty years : the legacy of Hiroshima (the Nobel lecture) --
Index.

Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics.

Nobel prize.

ISBN: 0393329461 (pbk.) 9780393329469 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007617724

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Policy sciences.
Choice (Psychology)
Social choice.
Collective behavior.
Social problems.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 301.113 / SCH