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| Preface | |
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| The Foundations of Economic Analysis | |
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| Death by Bureaucrat (when bureaucratic choices mean life for some people-and death for others) | |
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| Supersize It (the economics of obesity) | |
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| Flying the Friendly Skies? (how safe is commercial air travel? How safe should it be?) | |
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| The Mystery of Wealth (why some nations are rich and others are poor) | |
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| Surf Gangs (lessons from surfers on property rights and economic efficiency) | |
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| Supply and Demand | |
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| Sex, Booze, and Drugs (the unintended-and often harmful-consequences of prohibiting voluntary exchange) | |
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| All Fracked Up (how a boom in natural gas exploration is making us richer and greener) | |
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| Kidneys for Sale (does a market for human organs make sense?) | |
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| Are We Running Out of Water? (on a planet that's two-thirds water, how can we be running out of the stuff?) | |
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| Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea (when governments lower rents, tenants can suffer) | |
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| Labor Markets | |
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| (Why) Are Women Paid Less? (why are women paid less, while men are working less?) | |
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| Over $1 Trillion in College Debt, and Rising (but for many young people, borrowing to go to college is still the right thing to do) | |
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| The Effects of the Minimum Wage (how a "living wage" can ruin the lives of minority youngsters) | |
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| Immigration, Superstars, and Poverty (are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?) | |
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| The (Dis)incentives of High Taxes (how high taxes illustrate the old adage, "there is no free lunch") | |
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| Market Structures | |
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| Patent Trolls and Seed Monopolies (do patents make us better off?) | |
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| Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies (why the NCAA and OPEC have more in common than four-letter names) | |
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| Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free? (who wins and who loses from price discrimination) | |
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| Keeping the Competition Out (when the government steps in, the competition steps out) | |
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| Political Economy | |
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| The Deception of Green Energy (the unsustainability of wind farms, solar panels, and electric cars) | |
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| Save a Turtle, Kill a Person (why bans on plastic bags waste resources, harm the environment, and threaten human lives) | |
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| Raising Less Corn and More Hell (how your tax dollars end up in farmers' pockets) | |
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| The Pension Crisis (our promises are coming home to roost) | |
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| The Graying of America (America is getting older, and you will foot the bill) | |
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| Property Rights and the Environment | |
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| Save that Species (saving a species is easy-with a little bit of economics) | |
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| Greenhouse Economics (the economics of global climate change) | |
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| Ethanol Madness (environmental policy gone bad) | |
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| The Trashman Cometh (the costs and benefits of recycling) | |
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| Globalization and Economic Prosperity | |
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| The Economics of the Big Mac (lessons we can learn from the ultimate burger) | |
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| Globalization and the Wealth of America (is globalization all bad?) | |
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| The $750,000 Steelworker (the economic consequences of restricting international trade) | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Selected References | |
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| Index | |