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<h2>Brief Contents</h2> <div class="c-section-headers-non-traditional-number-list_container"> <h3>PART ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS</h3> <ol> <li>Death by Bureaucrat</li> <li>Innovation</li> <li>Flying the Friendly Skies?</li> <li>The Mystery of Wealth</li> <li>The Economics of Exclusion</li> </ol> <h3>PART TWO: SUPPLY AND DEMAND</h3> <ol start="6"> <li>Sex, Booze, and Drugs</li> <li>The Economics of Obesity</li> <li>Kidneys for Sale</li> <li>Are We Running Out of Water?</li> <li>Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea</li> </ol> <h3>PART THREE: LABOR MARKETS</h3> <ol start="11"> <li>Das Kapital in the Twenty-First Century</li> <li>(Why) Are Women Paid Less?</li> <li>The Effects of the Minimum Wage</li> <li>The (Dis)incentives of Higher Taxes</li> </ol> <h3>PART FOUR: MARKET STRUCTURES</h3> <ol start="15"> <li>The Platform Economy</li> <li>Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies</li> <li>Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free?</li> <li>Keeping the Competition Out</li> </ol> <h3>PART FIVE: POLITICAL ECONOMY</h3> <ol start="19"> <li>Health Insurance for All . . . Or Maybe Not</li> <li>The Deception of Green Energy</li> <li>The Fight over Genetically Modified Foods</li> <li>Student Loans</li> <li>The Graying of America</li> <li>For Whom the Roads Are Tolled</li> </ol> <h3>PART SIX: PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT</h3> <ol start="25"> <li>What to Do About the Climate?</li> <li>Save That Species</li> <li>Ethanol Madness</li> <li>The Death of Recycling</li> </ol> <h3>PART SEVEN: GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY</h3> <ol start="29"> <li>The Economics of the Big Mac</li> <li>Globalization and the Wealth of America</li> <li>The $750,000 Steelworker</li> </ol> <h4 class="h5">Selected References</h4> </div>