1. Cool Heads and Warm Hearts 1
2. The Soaring Swans 7
3. God's Economy 13
4. Going for Gold 19
5. Nature's Bounty 25
6. The Invisible Hand 31
7. Corn Meets Iron 37
8. An Ideal World 43
9. Too Many Mouths 49
10. Workers of the World 55
11. A Perfect Balance 61
12. Shut Out the Sun 67
13. The Profits of War 73
14. The Noisy Trumpeter 79
15. Coke or Pepsi? 85
16. The Man With a Plan 91
17. Flashing your Cash 97
18. Down the Plughole 103
19. Creative Destruction 109
20. The Prisoners' Dilemma 115
21. The Tyranny of Government 121
22. The Big Push 127
23. The Economics of Everything 133
24. Growing Up 139
25. Sweet Harmony 145
26. A World in Two 151
27. Fill Up the Bath 157
28. Ruled by Clowns 163
29. Money Illusion 169
30. Future Gazing 176
31. Speculators on the Attack 182
32. Saving the Underdog 188
33. Knowing Me, Knowing You 194
34. Broken Promises 200
35. Missing Women 206
36. Minds in Fog 212
37. Economics in the Real World 218
38. Bankers Go Wild 224
39. Giants in the Sky 230
40. Why Be an Economist? 236
Index 242