Includes bibliographical references (p.257-271) and index.
Contents
Prologue to Part 1. -- Part 1. The mysteries of wealth and poverty -- Chapter One : The history detectives -- Chapter Two : What makes economies grow? -- Chapter Three : How to make poverty history -- Prologue to Part 2. -- Part 2. Are individuals free to choose? -- Chapter Four : What's it all about? -- Chapter Five : Economics for humans -- Chapter 6 : Information and markets -- Prologue to part 3 -- Part Three. Nature, markets and society. -- Chapter Seven : Murderous apes and entrepreneurs -- Chapter Eight : Economy versus society -- Chapter Nine : Why economics has soul.