A Little History of Economics 9780300206364, 0300206364, 9780300234527, 030023452X

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A Little History of Economics
 9780300206364, 0300206364, 9780300234527, 030023452X

Table of contents :
Cool heads and warm hearts --
The soaring swans --
God's economy --
Going for gold --
Nature's bounty --
The invisible hand --
Corn meets iron --
An ideal world --
Too many mouths --
Workers of the world --
A perfect balance --
Shut out the sun --
The profits of war --
The noisy trumpeter --
Coke or pepsi? --
The man with a plan --
Flashing your cash --
Down the plughole --
Creative destruction --
The prisoners' dilemma --
The tyranny of government --
The big push --
The economics of everything --
Growing up --
Sweet harmony --
A world in two --
Fill up the bath --
Ruled by clowns --
Money illusion --
Future gazing --
Speculators on the attack --
Saving the underdog --
Knowing me, knowing you --
Broken promises --
Missing women --
Minds in fog --
Economics in the real world --
Bankers go wild --
Giants in the sky --
Why be an economist?.

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