CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. PART I: THE ECONOMIC WAY OF THINKING
6. 1. Scarcity, Specialization, and Squishees 3
7. 2. Where the Invisible Hand Has Only Four Fingers 20
8. 3. A Pile of Krusty Burgers Embiggens the Fattest Man 29
9. PART II: MONEY, MARKETS, AND GOVERNMENT
10. 4. Twenty Dollars Can Buy Many Peanuts! 41
11. 5. Thank You, Come Again 52
12. 6. They Have the Internet on Computers Now? 61
13. 7. I’ve Got a Monopoly to Maintain! 70
14. 8. Will You Stop That Infernal Racket!?! 81
15. 9. Mayors, Monorails, and Morons 94
16. PART III: APPLIED MICROECONOMICS
17. 10. Coming to Homerica 107
18. 11. Donut and Dimed 116
19. 12. Paging Dr. Hibbert 127
20. 13. At First I Though Prohibition Was a Good Thing 139
21. 14. Mr. Burns’ Casino 151
22. 15. Homer Economicus or Homer Sapiens? 161
23. 16. From Rabbit Ears to Flat Screen 177
24. THE CONTRIBUTORS 191
25. NOTES 197
26. REFERENCES 215
27. INDEX 225