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100	1		_aAnderson, David A.
245	1	0	_aEconomics by example / _cDavid A. Anderson.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bWorth Publishers, _cc2007.
300			_axvii, 259 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aCHAPTER 1 Wha's to Love about Economics? Virtues of the Economic Wy of Thinking 1 CHA PTER 2 xV hy Diid the Cashier Let Biff Henderson Eat All the Free Mints? An .Jntroducton to the Rioer of Incentives 9 SUPPLY AND DEMAND 17 CHAPT ER 3 The Coffee Market's Hot; Why Are Bean Prices Not? Insights into Supply and Demand 17 CHAPTER 4 Why Was the Great Newspaper Heist So Easy? Diminishing Marginal Utility and the- Price Elasticity of Demand 26 MARKETS AND DECISIONS 33 CHAPT ER 5 How. Can Economics Influence our Choice of a Spouse? Supply, Demand, and price signals in the marriage market CHAPTER 6 Is Adam Smith Rolling over in His Grave? Perfect Competition, Efficiency, and the Father of modern Economics PRODUCTION CHAPT ER 7 Why are there more Members of a Band Than Professors in a Class? Db inisf?i ig , arinal Returns and the Demand for Labor 49 CHAPTER 8 Could the Future Cost of Energy Change Life as 'We Know It? Production Costs and the Inescapable Demand for Energy 55 CONSUMER CHOICE CHAPTER 9 Why Is Cash the Ultimate Gift? Optimal Consumption, Deadweight Loss, and the Virtues of Flexible Spending 63 CHAPTER 10 "Why Should We Pay for What We Throw Away? Incentives for Efficiency from Pay EFFICIENCY CHAPTER 11 Why Not Split the Check? A Briefing on Market Failure 75 CHAPTER 12. How Gullible Are We? Information Problems and Their Applications to Schools of Economic Thought 83 MARKET POWER 91 CHAPTER 13 What's Behind the Music Industry's Woes? The Sound of Market Power 91 CHAPTER 14 Wal-Mart: Friend or Foe? Economies of Scale, Low Prices, Low Wiges, and Thinking outside the Box 98 RISK, UNCERTAINITY AND THE MNARKET CHAPTER 15 "What Is the Value of Human Life? Reasons and Methods for Placing Finite values on under defined Hunan Lives 105 CHAPTER 16 L D Potential Criminals Contemplate Their Fares? Making incentives Matter in the Face of Risk and Uncertainty PUBLIC POLICY CHAPTER17 Should Damage Awards in Lawsuits Be Capped? Benefits and Costs of Li7iting the burden of Litigation CH APTER18 What's to Love about Taxes? Free Riding on Public Goods, Deadweight Loss, and the Lesser of two evils 126 TECHNOLOY AND INNOVATION 133 CHAPTER 19. Will technology put us all out of work ? Unemployment , creative destruction and quality of life CHAPTER 20. Do pharmaceutical patents cost lives or save them? Balancing incentives for innovation with prices more disease victims can afford
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aEconomics _xStudy and teaching (Higher)
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