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Table of Contents
Foreword
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: Seven Questions

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Notes

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Document Outline

• Foreword
• 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: Seven Questions
• Notes