Naked Economics: Chapter Reading Guides
Listed below are reading guides for each chapter of Naked Economics. Each guide lists key vocabulary that will be used in the chapter, guiding questions to pay attention to and answer as you read, and finally a list of links to online digital material that explains and/or applies the concepts of the chapter to other situations.
A great site for defining key terms is Economics A-Z a site maintained by The Economist.
A great site for defining key terms is Economics A-Z a site maintained by The Economist.
- Introduction & Chapter 1: The Power of Markets: Who Feeds Paris?_
- Chapter 2: Incentives Matter: Why you might be able to save your face by cutting off your nose (if you are a rhinoceros)_
- Chapter 3: Government and the Economy: Government is your friend (and a round of applause for all those lawyers)_
- Chapter 4: Government and the Economy II: The army was lucky to get that screwdriver for $500
- Chapter 5: Economics and Information: McDonald’s didn’t create a better hamburger_
- Chapter 6: Productivity and Human capital: Why is Bill Gates so much richer than you are?_
- Chapter 7: Financial Markets: What economics can tell us about getting richer quick (and losing weight, too!)
- Chapter 8: The Power of Organized Interests: What economics can tell us about politics_
- Chapter 9: Keeping Score: Is my economy bigger than your economy?
- Chapter 10: The Federal Reserve: Why that dollar in your pocket is more than just a piece of paper
- Chapter 11: International Economics: How did a nice country like Iceland go bust?
- Chapter 12: Trade and Globalization: The good news about Asian Sweatshops_
- Chapter 13: Development Economics: The wealth and poverty of nations