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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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The Economics of Oil Spills (why they happen and who should pay) | |
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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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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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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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The (Dis)incentives of Higher Taxes (how high taxes illustrate the old adage, "there is no free lunch") | |
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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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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 Underground World (how informal labor markets are raising wealth around the globe) | |
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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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Health Care Reform (big bucks make bad policy) | |
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The Pension Crisis (our promises are coming home to roost) | |
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Mortgage Meltdown (how Congress got us into the subprime mortgage mess) | |
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Raising Less Corn and More Hell (how your tax dollars end up in farmers' pockets) | |
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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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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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The Lion, the Dragon, and the Future (do China, India, and other modernizing nations spell the demise of America?) | |
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Glossary | |
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Selected References | |
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Index | |