Bücher von Richard B. McKenzie

This book argues that Lionel Robbins's construction of the economics field's organizing cornerstone, scarcity-and all that has been derived from it from economists in Robbins's time to today-no longer can generate general consent among economists.

This book unravels an array of pricing puzzles from the one captured in the book's title as to why so many prices end with "9". UCI economist Richard McKenzie gets across why prices matter. His book is enthralling, entertaining, and yet at a high scientific level.

This book reveals surprising reasons for America's weight gain, and explores such consequences as higher fuel consumption and greenhouses gases, growing health insurance costs, reductions in the wages of heavy people, and reenforcement of rescue equipment.