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Friedman, David. Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life. New York: HarperBusiness, 1996.
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Table of contents
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| Introduction |
| Rush-Hour Blues and Rational Babies Actions Speak Louder Than Words |
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| Section II: Price=Value=Cost: Solving a Simple Economy |
| • Thinking on Paper: The Geometry of Choice |
| • What Would You Give to Get Off a Desert Island? |
| • Bricks Without Clay: Production in a One-Input World |
| • Ptolemaic Trade Theory |
| • Putting It Together: Price Theory in a Simple Economy |
| • The Big Picture |
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| • Halftime: What We Have Done So Far |
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| Section III: In Search of the Real World |
| • Bosses, Workers, and Other Complications |
| • Monopoly for Fun and Profit |
| • Hard Problems: Game Theory, Strategic Behavior, and Oligopoly |
| • Time ... |
| •... And Chance |
| • Who Gets How Much Why? |
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| Section IV: Standing in for Moral Philosophy: The Economist as Judge |
| • Summing People Up |
| • What Is Efficient? |
| • How to Gum Up the Works |
| • Why We Are Not All Happy, Wealthy, Wise, and Married |
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| Section V: Applications: Conventional and Un |
| • Law and Sausage: The Political Marketplace |
| • Rational
Criminals and Intentional Accidents |
| • The Economics of Love and Marriage |
