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Foreword by Burton G. Malkiel | ix | ||
Introduction | xv | ||
Acknowledgments | xxi | ||
1 The Power of Markets: Who feeds Paris? | 3 | (20) | |
2 Incentives Matter: Why you might be able to save your face by cutting off your nose (if you are a black rhinoceros) | 23 | (20) | |
3 Government and the Economy: Government is your friend (and a round of applause for all those lawyers) | 43 | (20) | |
4 Government and the Economy II: The army was lucky to get that screwdriver for $500 | 63 | (18) | |
5 Economics of Information: McDonald's didn't create a better hamburger | 81 | (17) | |
6 Productivity and Human Capital: Why is Bill Gates so much richer than you are? | 98 | (20) | |
7 Financial Markets: What economics can tell us about getting rich quick (and losing weight, too) | 118 | (19) | |
8 The Power of Organized Interests: What economics can tell us about politics | 137 | (12) | |
9 Keeping Score: Is my economy bigger than your economy? | 149 | (19) | |
10 The Federal Reserve: Why that dollar in your pocket is more than just a piece of paper | 168 | (19) | |
11 Trade and Globalization: The good news about Asian sweatshops | 187 | (19) | |
12 Development Economics: The wealth and poverty of nations | 206 | (23) | |
Epilogue Life in 2050: Seven Questions | 229 | (8) | |
Notes | 237 | (8) | |
Index | 245 |
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