TY - BOOK AU - Wheelan, Charles AU - Malkiel, Burton G. TI - Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science SN - 9780393356496 U1 - 330 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - W. W. Norton & Company KW - Economics N1 - 1. The power of markets: Who feeds Paris? 2. Incentives matter: Why you might be able to save 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 14. Epilogue: Life in 2050: eight questions ER -