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# *Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist*

(Dutton, 2007)

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Date and Time 

November 15, 2007 1 - 2:30 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring the author, **Tyler Cowen**, Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University; *New York Times* Columnist; and Coauthor of the *Marginal Revolution* Blog, with comments by **Emily Yoffe**, Journalist and *Slate* “Dear Prudence” Columnist. 

In *Discover Your Inner Economist*, the economist and blogger Tyler Cowen provides quirky and insightful advice for life based on his signature urbane style of economic reasoning. On his blog, *Mar​gin​al​Rev​o​lu​tion​.com*, Cowen offers economic advice in his periodic “Dear Trudie” posts. Presumably Cowen offers good economics. But dare one take an economist’s advice? Emily Yoffe, author of *Slate*’s popular “Dear Prudence” advice column, will advise. Please join us for an advice-off, as Trudie meets Prudie to discuss the practical benefits of economic reasoning (or lack thereof) in everyday life.

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