Preface to the American Edition v
Prologue 1
Chapter 1 In which we climb into the world of economics and ask ourselves who Adam Smiths mother was 7
Chapter 2 In which we are introduced to economic man and realize that he is incredibly seductive 18
Chapter 3 In which it becomes apparent that economic man is not a woman 29
Chapter 4 In which we see that our pact with economic man isn't turning out as we had expected 42
Chapter 5 In which we add women and stir 56
Chapter 6 In which Las Vegas and Wall Street merge 68
Chapter 7 In which the global economy goes to hell 80
Chapter 8 In which we see that men are also not like economic man 94
Chapter 9 In which economic incentives aren't shown to be as uncomplicated as we might think 105
Chapter 10 In which we see that you aren't selfish just because you want more money 116
Chapter 11 In which we see that a negative number is still zero 126
Chapter 12 In which we all become entrepreneurs 139
Chapter 13 In which we see that the uterus isn't a space capsule 148
Chapter 14 In which we discover economic man's unforeseen depths and fears 157
Chapter 15 In which we see that the greatest story of our time only has one sex 170
Chapter 16 In which we will see that every society suffers in line with its bullshit. And we say goodbye. 179
Epilogue 190
Notes 198
Bibliography 217
Credits 228
Index of Persons 229