Naked economics :

By: Wheelan, Charles JContributor(s): Malkiel, Burton Gordon, e ForewordMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton, c2010Edition: Fully rev. and updatedDescription: xxix, 354 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393337648; 0393337642Subject(s): EconomicsDDC classification: 330 W561 .2010 LOC classification: HB171 | .W54 2010
Contents:
The power of markets: who feeds 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 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 -- Life in 2050: seven questions.
Summary: Seeks to provide an engaging and comprehensive primer to economics that explains key concepts without technical jargon and using common-sense examples.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-338) and index.

The power of markets: who feeds 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 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 -- Life in 2050: seven questions.

Seeks to provide an engaging and comprehensive primer to economics that explains key concepts without technical jargon and using common-sense examples.