Foreword by Burton G. Malkiel
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. The Power of Markets: Who feeds Paris?
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 didn’t create a better hamburger
6. Productivity and Human Capital: Why is Bill Gates so much richer than you are?
7. Financial Markets: What economics can tell us about getting rich quick (and losing weight, too!)
8. The Power of Organized Interests: What economics can tell us about politics
9. Keeping Score: Is my economy bigger than your economy?
10. The Federal Reserve: Why that dollar in your pocket is more than just a piece of paper
11. International Economics: How did a nice country like Iceland go bust?
12. Trade and Globalization: The good news about Asian sweatshops
13. Development Economics: The wealth and poverty of nations
Epilogue: Life in 2050: eight questions
Notes
Index
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