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Risky Business does the seemingly impossible: it makes insurance fun!...Throw out the economics textbooks--this is how people should learn economics! -- Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics The problem of hidden information is central to understanding insurance, and the nature of markets more generally. The very human cat-and-mouse stories that animate Risky Business are not only great fun; they also subtly reveal the basis of a great deal of economics. -- George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in economics This book is a fascinating look at how insurance markets work (or don't). It's a must-read for people seeking to understand their own choices, and for policy makers who shape those options. -- Emily Oster, author of The Family Firm

Risky Business does the seemingly impossible: it makes insurance fun!...Throw out the economics textbooks--this is how people should learn economics! -- Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics The problem of hidden information is central to understanding insurance, and the nature of markets more generally. The very human cat-and-mouse stories that animate Risky Business are not only great fun; they also subtly reveal the basis of a great deal of economics. -- George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in economics This book is a fascinating look at how insurance markets work (or don't). It's a must-read for people seeking to understand their own choices, and for policy makers who shape those options. -- Emily Oster, author of The Family Firm

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Liran Einav is professor of economics at Stanford University. Ray Fisman is the Slater Family Chair in Behavioral Economics at Boston University. Amy Finkelstein is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT. Alex Boyles is an actor and an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator.

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