Contents: -

1. The power of markets: who feeds parts?

2. Incentives matter: why you might be able to save your face by cutting off your nose (if you are a black rhinoceros)

3. Government and the economy: Government is your friend (and a round of applause for all those lawyers)

4. Government and the economy II: The army was lucky to get that screwdriver for $500

5. Economics of information: McDonald's did not create a better hamburger

6. Productivity and human capital: Why is Bill Gates so much richer than you are?

7. Financial markets: What economics an tell us about getting rich quick(and losing weight, too!)

8.The Power of organized intersests: what economics can tell us about politics

9. keeping score: is my economy bigger than your pocket is more than just a piece of paper

11. Trade and globalization: The good news about Asian sweatshops

12. Development economics: The wealth and poverty of nations

Epilogue

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