Background
Steven Landsburg was born on February 24, 1954 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Country, Pennsylvania, United States. He is the son of Norman Landsburg and Vivian Leatrice (Klein) Landsburg.
Rochester, New York, United States
In 1974 Steven Landsburg received his Master of Arts from the University of Rochester.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
In 1979 Steven Landsburg obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago.
(Intermediate microeconomics is both fun and intellectuall...)
Intermediate microeconomics is both fun and intellectually challenging in this new edition, written by the author of The Armchair Economist, the popular trade book that explains basic economics to the general public. The text provides an exceptionally friendly and application-rich presentation, combined with a rigorous and careful development of microeconomic theory. All of the standard topics of intermediate price theory are included, as well as innovative topics such as alternative normative criteria, efficient asset markets, contestable markets, antitrust law, human capital, and the demand for public goods. A unique unifying theme of social welfare is used with little higher-level mathematics.
https://www.amazon.com/Price-Theory-Applications-Economics-Titles/dp/1285423526/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(The underlying theme of the book, as Landsburg states on ...)
The underlying theme of the book, as Landsburg states on the first page, is that "most of economics can be summarized in four words: People respond to incentives." With this apparently innocuous observation, Landsburg discusses some unexpected effects of various policies such as automobile safety legislation and environmental policies. The rest of the book includes expositions on a wide range of topics, including budget deficit, unemployment, economic growth, and cost–benefit analysis.
https://www.amazon.com/Armchair-Economist-Economics-Everyday-Life/dp/1451651732/?tag=2022091-20
1993
(Landsburg addresses fundamental issues like fairness, tol...)
Landsburg addresses fundamental issues like fairness, tolerance, morality and justice — issues that are as important on the playground as they are in the marketplace. With the help of his daughter, Cayley, he contrasts the wisdom of parents with the wisdom of economists — not always to the credit of the latter.
https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Play-Economics-Values-Meaning-ebook/dp/B0053GI7XS/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(In More Sex Is Safer Sex, Landsburg shows how the rationa...)
In More Sex Is Safer Sex, Landsburg shows how the rational behavior of each one of us — when combined together — produces the often bizarre, seemingly irrational behavior of crowds. We all stand up at the ballpark, so none of us can see. We avoid casual sex, from fear of disease, and we thereby make sex more dangerous. Things really get interesting when Landsburg suggests ways to change the rules, and game the system. Why not charge juries if a convicted felon is exonerated? Why not have each member of Congress represent a national subset of voters, chosen alphabetically? Why not solve the "overpopulation" problem by having more children, who will help think of ways to improve our use of resources?
https://www.amazon.com/More-Sex-Safer-Unconventional-Economics/dp/1416532226/?tag=2022091-20
2007
(Widely renowned for his lively explorations of economics,...)
Widely renowned for his lively explorations of economics, in his fourth book Landsburg branches out into mathematics and physics as well — disciplines that, like economics, the author loves for their beauty, their logical clarity, and their profound and indisputable truth — to take us on a provocative and utterly entertaining journey through the questions that have preoccupied philosophers through the ages. The author begins with the broadest possible categories — Reality and Unreality; Knowledge and Belief; Right and Wrong — and then focuses his exploration on specific concerns: from a mathematical analysis of the arguments for the existence of God; to the real meaning of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and the Godel Incompleteness Theorem; to the moral choices we face in the marketplace and the voting booth.
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Questions-Philosophy-Mathematics-Economics-ebook/dp/B002T0I02Y/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaime...)
Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaimed author and professor of economics, dares you to try. In this whip-smart, entertaining, and entirely unconventional economics primer, he brings together over one hundred puzzles and brain teasers that illustrate the subject’s key concepts and pitfalls. From warm-up exercises to get your brain working, to logic and probability problems, to puzzles covering more complex topics like inferences, strategy, and irrationality, Can You Outsmart an Economist? will show you how to do just that by expanding the way you think about decision making and problem solving.
https://www.amazon.com/Can-Outsmart-Economist-Steven-Landsburg/dp/1328489868/?tag=2022091-20
2018
Steven Landsburg was born on February 24, 1954 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Country, Pennsylvania, United States. He is the son of Norman Landsburg and Vivian Leatrice (Klein) Landsburg.
In 1974 Steven Landsburg received his Master of Arts from the University of Rochester. In 1979 he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago.
From 1981 to 1985 Steven Landsburg was an assistant professor at the University of Iowa. In 1982, 1983, 1988 he was a visitor of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1983 he served as a visiting assistant professor at the Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He worked as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Rochester from 1986 to 1988. In 1987 Landsburg was a member of the Rochester Center for Economic Research, Rochester, New York. In 1989 Steven was appointed an associate professor at the Colorado State University in Fort Collins and served until 1995. Landsburg wrote a column on "everyday economics" for Slate magazine from 1996 to 2008.
(Widely renowned for his lively explorations of economics,...)
2009(Intermediate microeconomics is both fun and intellectuall...)
1989(In More Sex Is Safer Sex, Landsburg shows how the rationa...)
2007(Landsburg addresses fundamental issues like fairness, tol...)
1997(The underlying theme of the book, as Landsburg states on ...)
1993(Can you outsmart an economist? Steven Landsburg, acclaime...)
2018On August 14, 1983 Steven Landsburg married Lauren Jan Feinstone. They have a daughter, Cayley Elizabeth.