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Ian Ayres


Ian Ayres is an economist and lawyer who is the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School and a professor at Yale’s School of Management. He is a columnist for Forbes magazine and a regular contributor to the New York Times Freakanomics blog. He served for seven years as the editor of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, and in 2006 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has previously written ten books, including Super Crunchers, which was a New York Times business bestseller and named one the Best Economics and Business Books of the...

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Carrots and Sticks
Written by Ian Ayres

Hardcover | 240 pages | Bantam | Self Help - Motivational; Business & Economics - Consumer Behavior; Science
978-0-553-80763-9 (0-553-80763-3)

September 21, 2010 | $30.00

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Carrots and Sticks
Written by Ian Ayres

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553807639
Our Price: $30.00
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Could you lose weight if you put $20,000 at risk? Would you finally set up your billing software if it meant that your favorite charity would earn a new contribution? If you’ve ever tried to meet a goal and came up short, the problem may not have been that the goal...

Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and an eBook.

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Carrots and Sticks
Written by Ian Ayres

eBook | 272 pages | Bantam | Self Help - Motivational; Business & Economics - Consumer Behavior; Science
978-0-553-90782-7 (0-553-90782-4)

September 21, 2010 | $15.99

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Carrots and Sticks
Written by Ian Ayres

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553907827
Our Price: $15.99


Could you lose weight if you put $20,000 at risk? Would you finally set up your billing software if it meant that your favorite charity would earn a new contribution? If you’ve ever tried to meet a goal and came up short, the problem may not have been that the goal...

Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and a hardcover.

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Carrots and Sticks
Written by Ian Ayres
Read by John H. Mayer

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Self Help - Motivational; Business & Economics - Consumer Behavior; Science
978-0-307-74896-6 (0-307-74896-0)

September 21, 2010 | $23.00

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Carrots and Sticks
Written by Ian Ayres, Read by John H. Mayer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780307748966
Our Price: $23.00


Could you lose weight if you put $20,000 at risk? Would you finally set up your billing software if it meant that your favorite charity would earn a new contribution? If you’ve ever tried to meet a goal and came up short, the problem may not have been that the goal...

Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.

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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Bantam | Business & Economics - Information Management; Self Help - Success; Business & Economics - Management
978-0-553-38473-4 (0-553-38473-2)

August 26, 2008 | $19.95

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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780553384734
Our Price: $19.95
   Quantity: 1 


An international sensation—and still the talk of the relevant blogosphere—this Wall Street Journal and New York Times business bestseller examines the “power” in numbers. Today more than ever, number crunching affects your life in ways you might not even imagine. Intuition and experience are no longer enough to make the grade...


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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres

Hardcover | 272 pages | Bantam | Business & Economics - Information Management; Self Help - Success; Business & Economics - Management
978-0-553-80540-6 (0-553-80540-1)

August 28, 2007 | $30.00

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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780553805406
Our Price: $30.00
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Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking...


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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres
Read by James Lurie

Abridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Information Management; Computers - Database Management - Data Mining; Social Science
978-0-7393-5473-5 (0-7393-5473-6)

August 28, 2007 | $21.00

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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres, Read by James Lurie

Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739354735
Our Price: $21.00


Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking...


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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres

eBook | pages | Bantam | Business & Economics - Information Management; Self Help - Success; Business & Economics - Management
978-0-553-90413-0 (0-553-90413-2)

August 28, 2007 | $13.99

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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780553904130
Our Price: $13.99


Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking...


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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres
Read by Michael Kramer

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Information Management
978-1-4159-4122-5 (1-4159-4122-X)

August 28, 2007 | $25.00

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Super Crunchers
Written by Ian Ayres, Read by Michael Kramer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415941225
Our Price: $25.00


Why would a casino try to stop a gambler from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?

Economist Ian Ayres has spent the better part of his career examining the power in numbers. Decisions used to...


              
              



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