From the Bookshelf of Effective Altruists

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Matt
Apr 27, 2015 rated it really liked it
Great book on relative consumption, collective action problems, market failures, and libertarianism. Notes below:

> A rational libertarian who reflects carefully about the traditional libertarian position will find it difficult to defend. I have granted every traditional libertarian assumption—that markets are perfectly competitive, that consumers are essentially rational, and that government may not restrict behavior except to prevent undue harm to others. To this list I have added only one subs
...more
Gareth Williams
Jan 06, 2012 marked it as to-read
Geoffrey Miller
May 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Ian Pitchford
Oct 18, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Joseph
Apr 02, 2016 marked it as to-read
M
May 16, 2016 marked it as to-read
Achim
Dec 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
Per Helge H.
Jun 18, 2018 rated it really liked it
Robin
Apr 07, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: economics
Rafael Ruiz
Apr 19, 2019 marked it as to-read
Akshat Upadhyay
May 28, 2019 marked it as to-read
Martin
Jul 10, 2019 marked it as to-read
Sam
Dec 22, 2020 marked it as to-read
Lucky Phoumala
Jul 28, 2022 marked it as to-read
Burcu
Oct 03, 2022 marked it as to-read
Jakub
Jan 28, 2024 marked it as to-read
Anna
Aug 26, 2024 marked it as to-read