For readers who would like to learn economics for the fun of it, economics understood not as the study of the economy but as a tool for understanding human behavior crime, marriage, politics, and much else. pIn David Friedman's hands, economics becomes a sprightly science. Friedman has the rare knack of introducting fundamental principles with humorous examples. . . . a dazzling array that runs the gamut from supermarkets to pirate ships. . . . A clear picture of how simple assumptions about individual preferences and human rationality can increase our understanding of ordinary market behavior and a wide range of social institutions from marriage, to crime, to voting.Richard A. Epstein, The University of Chicago Law School pThis book written nearly a decade ago before economics became hot far surpasses its successors such as Freakonomics. Amazon reviewer pThe book of the month is HIDDEN ORDER The Economics of Everyday Life. One doesn't normally think of an economics book as light and p