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Table of Contents:
- The power of markets : Who feeds Paris?
- Incentives matter : Why you might be able to save face by cutting off your nose (if you are a black rhinoceros)
- Government and the economy : Government is your friend (and a round of applause for all those lawyers)
- Government and the economy II : the army was lucky to get that screwdriver for $500
- Economics of information : McDonald's didn't create a better hamburger
- Productivity and human capital : Why is Bill Gates so much richer than you are?
- Financial markets : What economics can tell us about getting rich quick (and losing weight, too!)
- The power of organized interests : What economics can tell us about politics
- Keeping score : Is my economy bigger than your economy?
- The Federal Reserve : Why that dollar in your pocket is more than just a piece of paper
- International economics : How did a nice country like Iceland go bust?
- Trade and globalization : The good news about Asian sweatshops
- Development economics : The wealth and poverty of nations
- Epilogue: Life in 2050 : eight questions.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Physical Description:
- xxix, 366 pages ; 21 cm
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Call Numbers:
- HB171 .W54 2019
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ISBNs:
- 9780393356496 (paperback)
0393356493 (paperback)
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2018041806
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1051776826
