Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Landsburg on More Sex is Safer Sex and other Surprises

MORE SEX IS SAFER SEX AND OTHER SUPRSISES

Dr. Steven Landsburg


Author of The Armchair Economist, Fair Play, your Price Theory textbook for Econ class

& his NEW book More Sex is Safer Sex

When: Thursday October 4, 2007

Time: 6:00 – 7:20 P.M.

Where: Enterprise 80

Did you know that some people may actually increase the spread of sexually transmitted diseases when they avoid casual sex? Do you know why tall people earn more money than shorter competitors? We should encourage more people to act like Scrooge, because misers are just as generous as philanthropists. The lesson of this fascinating, fun, and endlessly provocative book is twofold: many apparently very odd behaviors have logical explanations, and many apparently logical behaviors make no sense whatsoever.



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