Scroogenomics Tells You Why You Should Think Twice Before Your Holiday Shopping Spree Read the book SANTA doesn't want you to read! "Waldfogel delivers a badly needed poke in the eye at holiday-time consumer madness, positing that not only is compulsory gift giving stressful and expensive, but it's economically unsound.

By Henry, John F The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why it Matters, by Diane Coyle. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. 2007. Hardcover: ISBN 13: 978-0-691-12513-8, $27.96. 277 pages. There are two good reasons why every reader of this journal should peruse this book.

By Zitarelli, David E When Computers Were Human. By David Alan Grier. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005, viii + 411 pp., ISBN 0-691- 09157-9, $35.00.

By Eaton, Muir D ABSTRACT.- Plumage traits have been studied intensely for more than a century, especially bright and exaggerated plumage. A large body of evidence across a range of avian taxa supports sexual selection as a major evolutionary force acting on plumage colors.

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