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    Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics
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    Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics
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    Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics

    By Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan

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    There are only two ways that humans work together: they cooperate with one another, or they coerce one another.
     
    And once you realize this fundamental fact, it will change how you see the world.
     
    In this myth-busting book, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan display the wisdom and talent for explaining complex topics that have attracted a devoted audience to their weekly podcast, Words & Numbers, and made them popular speakers around the country.
     
    By looking for cooperation and coercion in everyday life, they help make sense of a wide range of issues that dominate the public debate. You’ll come away from this book with a clear understanding of everything from the minimum wage to taxes, from gun control to government regulations, from the War on Terror to the War on Drugs to the War on Poverty.
     
    It turns out that coercion is necessary . . . sometimes. Even in a democracy, we all abide by rules, including plenty that we don’t agree with, in the name of getting along.
     
    But in the end, Davies and Harrigan show, cooperation without question is the key to human happiness and progress. The more we encourage it, the better off we all are.
     
    Cooperation & Coercion cuts through heated partisan debates to provide a refreshingly clear and comprehensive understanding of the way the world works.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 31, 2020
    ISBN9781504063470
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    Antony Davies

    Antony Davies is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education and the associate professor of economics at Duquesne University. The co-host of the weekly podcast Words & Numbers, he writes frequently for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and he also has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications.

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      Using well-documented examples from astronomy and the history of science, Michael Newton Keas deflates the various myths (as in false stories) that some scientists use to ridicule religion--especially Christianity. A good introduction to the debate on the supposed war between science and religion.