• 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