Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Prologue: Meals Before Money vii
4. 1 It’s Not “the Economy, Stupid,” but More Than Five of Them 1
5. PART 1. INSATIABLE GREED VS. SATIABLE APPETITE
6. 2 In Greed They Trust 19
7. 3 Brillat- Savarin’s Quest for Table- Pleasure 47
8. PART 2. LIBERAL ECONOMICS
9. 4 Epicurus and the Pleasure of the Stomach 73
10. 5 Cavendish, Hobbes, Locke, and Liberal Political Economy 87
11. 6 The City Sacks Versailles 107
12. 7 Making the Market 121
13. PART 3. THE CAPTURE
14. 8 The Dismal Science 139
15. 9 Ludwig von Mises, Neoliberal Godfather 165
16. 10 Rationalization and Corporate Purpose 187
17. 11 The Creation of Homo Economicus 207
18. PART 4. RESTORING ECONOMICS
19. 12 Free the Market! (It’s Been Captured by Capitalism) 225
20. 13 Value Families! (Economics Begins at Home) 247
21. 14 Get Political! (Bring Back Banquets) 267
22. Epilogue: “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” 291
23. Acknowledgments 305
24. Glossary: List of Ingredients 307
25. Notes 319
26. References 321
27. Index 339