Naked Economics : : Undressing the Dismal Science
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The power of markets: who feed Paris? -- Incentives matter: why you might be able to save your 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 lucked 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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W. W. Norton, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xxix, 354 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393337648
0393337642
SUBJECTS
Economics.