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Anything Worth Doing Is Not Necessarily Worth Doing Well

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In the first chapter, we stressed the role cost plays in guiding human behavior. In this chapter, we offer specific examples of the influence of cost. We seek to show you how economic analysis can help us develop surprising conclusions about the way people behave.

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McKenzie, R.B., Tullock, G. (2012). Anything Worth Doing Is Not Necessarily Worth Doing Well. In: The New World of Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27364-3_2

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