Preface.

I. THE FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.

1. Killer Airbags.
2. Terrible Trade-off.
3. Flying the Friendly Skies?
4. The Costs of Terrorism.

II. SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

5. Sex, Booze, and Drugs.
6. Is Water Different?
7. Slave Redemption in Sudan.
8. Choice and Life.
9. Smoking and Smuggling.

III. NON-PRICE RATIONING.

10. Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea.
11. Rationing Health Care.
12. The Effects of the Minimum Wage.
13. Lights Out in California.

IV. MARKET STRUCTURES.

14. The Internet Economy.
15. Cartels, Combinations, and Conspiracies.
16. Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free?.
17. The Perils of Product Differentiation.
18. Keeping the Competition Out.

V. POLITICAL ECONOMY.

19. Killer Cars and the Rise of the SUV.
20. Superfund Follies.
21. Crime and Punishment.
22. The Graying of America.
23. The Economics of Weather Forecasting.

VI. PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

24. The Trashman Cometh.
25. Bye, Bye, Bison.
26. Smog Merchants.
27. Greenhouse Economics.

VII. GLOBAL AND MACROECONOMIC AFFAIRS.

28. The Opposition to Free Trade.
29. The $750,000 Job.
30. The Euro.
31. Monetary Policy and Interest Rates.
32. The Disappearing Surplus.
Glossary.
Index.

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