At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in situa
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The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius who solved it In the tradition of FermatA's Enigma and Prime Obsession, George Szpiro brings to life the gi
