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