I can imagine using NLP or speed seduction to get a date with a hot babe. But Economics? Is that possible?

Tyler Cowen, author of Discover Your Inner Economist apparently thinks so. Inspired by Freakonomics-inspired pop-economics books  Cowen aims enlighten readers with economic principles that help you get everything done from the dishes to being laid.I personally loved his chatty disquisitions and the way economics often recedes into near invisibility. It’s one uplifting guide on how to get more of the really cool stuff in life. With the wit uncanny to a professor of economics, Cowen offers cutting strategies for appreciating museum pieces, for building family rapport and harmony, for writing a personal ad, for reading classic tomes that seem boring on first glance, for surviving Chinese torture, for properly indulging in self-deception and for most effectively giving to beggars in Sudan. In the book’s most passionate and practical chapter, on food, Cowen explains how, with planning and tactics, we can eat much better meals at home and in restaurants, here and abroad. It’s a dieter’s bonanza!

From beginning to end, Cown’s suggestions are simply surprising (he argues that the committed foodie should look to regions where some people are very rich and others are very poor). While some may scoff at  Cowen’s cheerfully offered opinions, it’s a pleasure to accompany him through his various interests and obsessions. At the least, you’ll pick up some useful tips at what to shop for at the next flea market

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