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Drawing on examples and data from across Australia, Leigh shows how economics can be used to illuminate what happens on the sporting field, in the stock-market, and at work. Incentives matter, often in surprising ways, and seemingly simple everyday activities can have unexpected outcomes. Insights from behavioral economics can also help us make better decisions. Did you know that another 10 cm of height boosts your income by thousands of dollars per year? Or that a boy born in January is nearly twice as likely to play first grade rugby league as a boy born in December? Or that natural disasters attract more foreign aid if they happen on a slow news day? And that a perfectly clean desk can be as inefficient as a messy one?

Economics. --- Economic History. --- Microeconomic theory. --- Social history. --- Decision making. --- Statistics. --- Economics