The economics of public issues - Miller, Roger LeRoy; Benjamin, Daniel K.; North, Douglass Cecil (New York Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2010)
PART 1 - The Foundations of Economic Analysis - - Death by Bureaucrat - - Ethanol Madness - - Flying the Friendly Skies? - - The mystery of Wealth - PART 2 - Supply and Demand - - Sex, Booze, and Drugs - - Kidneys for Sale - - When High Prices are Low Prices - - Are we running out of Water? - - The (Dis)Incentives of Higher Taxes - - Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea - PART 3 - Labor Markets - - (Why) Are women paid less - - The effects of the Minimum Wage - - Immigration, Superstars, and Poverty - - A farewell to jobs - PART 4 - Market Structures - - Big oil, Big oil prices? - - Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies - - Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free? - - College Costs (...And costs and costs) - - Keeping the Competition out - PART 5 - Political Economy - - Mortgage Meltdown - - The Political Economy of Collapsing Bridges - - Is your Bank Manager headed to Vegas with your money? - - Raising less corn and more hell - - Crime and Punishment - - The Graying of America - PART 6 - Property Rights and the Environment - - The Trashman Cometh - - Bye-Bye, Bison - - Smog Merchants - - Greenhouse Economics - PART 7 - Globalization and Economic Prosperity - - Globalization and the Wealth of America - - The $750,000 Steelworker - - The Lion, the Dragon, and the Future.
North, Douglass Cecil's name appears first on the earlier edition.
Keywords: Economics; Industrial policy; Economic policy