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Roger LeRoy Miller received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Miller is a legal specialist and author of numerous books on law and the legal environment, including criminal procedure. In addition, Miller has authored books on the war on drugs, the economics of crime and criminal behavior, and on related topics.


Daniel K. Benjamin is an Alumni Distinguished Professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia and completed his PhD in economics in 1975 at the University of California at Los Angeles where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. Benjamin has taught at Montana State University, the University of Washington, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Clemson University.


Douglass C. North




Table of Contents
Brief Contents PART ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
  1. Death by Bureaucrat
  2. Innovation
  3. Flying the Friendly Skies?
  4. The Mystery of Wealth
  5. The Economics of Exclusion
PART TWO: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
  1. Sex, Booze, and Drugs
  2. The Economics of Obesity
  3. Kidneys for Sale
  4. Are We Running Out of Water?
  5. Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea
PART THREE: LABOR MARKETS
  1. Das Kapital in the Twenty-First Century
  2. (Why) Are Women Paid Less?
  3. The Effects of the Minimum Wage
  4. The (Dis)incentives of Higher Taxes
PART FOUR: MARKET STRUCTURES
  1. The Platform Economy
  2. Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies
  3. Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free?
  4. Keeping the Competition Out
PART FIVE: POLITICAL ECONOMY
  1. Health Insurance for All . . . Or Maybe Not
  2. The Deception of Green Energy
  3. The Fight over Genetically Modified Foods
  4. Student Loans
  5. The Graying of America
  6. For Whom the Roads Are Tolled
PART SIX: PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  1. What to Do About the Climate?
  2. Save That Species
  3. Ethanol Madness
  4. The Death of Recycling
PART SEVEN: GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
  1. The Economics of the Big Mac
  2. Globalization and the Wealth of America
  3. The $750,000 Steelworker
Selected References

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    Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
    Publication Date: 18/09/2017
    ISBN13: 9780134531984, 978-0134531984
    ISBN10: 0134531981
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Roger LeRoy Miller received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Miller is a legal specialist and author of numerous books on law and the legal environment, including criminal procedure. In addition, Miller has authored books on the war on drugs, the economics of crime and criminal behavior, and on related topics.


    Daniel K. Benjamin is an Alumni Distinguished Professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia and completed his PhD in economics in 1975 at the University of California at Los Angeles where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow. Benjamin has taught at Montana State University, the University of Washington, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Clemson University.


    Douglass C. North




    Table of Contents
    Brief Contents PART ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
    1. Death by Bureaucrat
    2. Innovation
    3. Flying the Friendly Skies?
    4. The Mystery of Wealth
    5. The Economics of Exclusion
    PART TWO: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
    1. Sex, Booze, and Drugs
    2. The Economics of Obesity
    3. Kidneys for Sale
    4. Are We Running Out of Water?
    5. Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea
    PART THREE: LABOR MARKETS
    1. Das Kapital in the Twenty-First Century
    2. (Why) Are Women Paid Less?
    3. The Effects of the Minimum Wage
    4. The (Dis)incentives of Higher Taxes
    PART FOUR: MARKET STRUCTURES
    1. The Platform Economy
    2. Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies
    3. Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free?
    4. Keeping the Competition Out
    PART FIVE: POLITICAL ECONOMY
    1. Health Insurance for All . . . Or Maybe Not
    2. The Deception of Green Energy
    3. The Fight over Genetically Modified Foods
    4. Student Loans
    5. The Graying of America
    6. For Whom the Roads Are Tolled
    PART SIX: PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    1. What to Do About the Climate?
    2. Save That Species
    3. Ethanol Madness
    4. The Death of Recycling
    PART SEVEN: GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
    1. The Economics of the Big Mac
    2. Globalization and the Wealth of America
    3. The $750,000 Steelworker
    Selected References

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