Logic Problems for Money Minds by Harriman House
Add the following numbers up, out loud, in order, and as quickly as you can: 1,000 + 40 + 1,000 + 30 + 1,000 + 20 + 10. If the number you got was the one in brackets at the bottom of the page, you need this book! The 42 conundrums, problems and riddles in this book have been collected by the editors over many years. The tests are designed to be not only fun, but also instructive. In taking them, you will learn a lot about logical reasoning, but perhaps even more about yourself and your brain! The best part is, having tested your own mental agility, you will have an arsenal of tricks to inflict on friends and colleagues. The book includes a variety of different type of puzzles, tests and tricks. Some are straight numeracy tests, some are word plays, some are logic traps, and some require serious lateral thinking. A few of them are easy, but all demand some mental exertion. One of them was even devised by Einstein! From the Introduction: "Warren Buffett, the world's most successful investor, posed the following question to shareholders in one of his Berkshire Hathaway annual reports: 'How many legs does a dog have if you call its tail a leg?' If you said 5, go to the back of the class. The answer is 4. 'Just because you call its tail a leg," says Buffett, 'doesn't mean it is a leg.' He used the riddle as an allegory for accounting shenanigans. When a company says it has made "GBP50 million profit", its claim should be regarded critically. Accounting rules may allow a finance director to declare X as profit, but that doesn't mean X is profit. As the saying goes, 'Profit is a matter of opinion. Cash is a matter of fact'. The conundrums, tests and tricks in this book are in the same spirit as Buffett's dog riddle. They are meant to entertain and educate. Some are straight numeracy tests, some are word plays, some are logic traps, and some require lateral thinking. A few of them are easy. Most demand some mental exertion. One was devised by Einstein." (5,000).
Philip Jenks lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Chicago Review, Cannibal, Typo, Fence, Cultural Society, H_NGM_N, Canarium, LVNG, and elsewhere. His collaborative poems with the splendid Simone Muench appear in Drunken Boat, Colorado Review, Bombay Gin, and elsewhere. He published his first book of poetry in 2002, On the Cave You Live In on Flood Editions. His second volume of poems, My First Painting will be 'The Accuser' was published by Zephyr Press (2005). His collaborative volume of poetry, Disappearing Address was published by Blazevox Books in 2010. He has toured and recorded with Neil Michael Hagerty as a member of The Howling Hex. Beyond writing, his specializations are in gender studies, animal rights, and political philosophy. He teaches English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently working on a revision of the carbon footprint model to incorporate the suffering of all sentient beings, as the farm factory industry is the major contributor to climate change. He likes good music and pinball.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781897597965 |
| ISBN 10 | 1897597967 |
| Title | Logic Problems for Money Minds |
| Author | Harriman House |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harriman House Publishing |
| Year published | 2006-04-14 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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