Parentonomics
An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2009]
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 235 pages ; 21 cm
"Like any new parent, Joshua Gans felt joy mixed with anxiety upon the birth of his first child. Who was this blanket-swaddled small person and what did she want? Unlike most parents, however, Gans is an economist, and he began to apply the tools of his trade to raising his children. He saw his new life as one big economic management problem and if economics helped him think about parenting, parenting illuminated certain economic principles. Parentonomics is the entertaining, enlightening, and often hilarious fruit of his "research.""
Contents:
The beginning -- Planning -- Delivering -- The basics -- Sleeping -- Eating -- Toileting -- The logistics -- Cleaning -- Travelling -- Caring -- The tough -- Protecting -- Punishing -- Sharing -- The fun -- Playing -- Partying -- The learning -- Understanding -- Schooling -- The time -- Continuing -- Notes -- Index.
ISBN:
9780262012782 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-225) and index.