The Price of Everything: Finding Method in the Madness of What Things Cost-Fast Shipping

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“Porter’s work out to ring up the audience for Steven Levitt’sFreakonomics.”
–Booklist

Many of the prices we pay seem to make little sense.29 for coffee at Starbucks when a nearly identical brew can be hadat the corner deli for less than a dollar. And we pay someone tocart away trash that would be a valuable commodity in poorer parts ofthe world.

The Price of Everything starts with a simple premise: there isa price behind each choice, whether we’re deciding to have a baby,drive a car, or buy a book. We often fail to appreciate just howcritical prices are as motivating forces. But their power becomes clearwhen distorted prices steer our decisions the wrong way. Eduardo Porteruncovers the true story behind the prices we pay and reveals what thoseprices are actually telling us.