Foreword: Why I’m Not Rich and You Aren’t Either
Section I: How I Learned Economics by Watching People Try to Kill Each Other
Lesson 1: The Power of the Economic Impulse
Lesson 2: The Real Secret Behind All Investment Scams
Lesson 3: (Topic for Discussion) If You Want Hard Money, How Hard Do You Have to Be to Get It?
The Strange, Shape-Shifting Symbol of Value
Negative Interest Rates—Not Only Wrong but Evil
Section III: Mutant Capitalism
One Good Thing About Mutant Capitalists: They Aren’t Playing Monopoly
Introduction: The Digital Age and Which Digit It’s Giving Us
A Brief History of Economic Transitions
A Blockhead Confronts the Blockchain
What Has the Digital Revolution Done to Print Media?
Five Lessons About the Digital Economy from a Member of the Digital Generation
Innovation—It’s All in Your Head
Innovations That Get No Respect
Six Geniuses (Plus Some Cartoon Animators) Try to See into the Future
A Ray of Hope in the Contest Between Man and Machine
Introduction: Some Thoughts on the History of Trade
The Price of Being Middle Class
Armchair Predictions About Consumer Trends
Consumer Trends Among the “Grumpies”
Consumer Trends Among the “Grumpies,” Part 2
Summing Up American Consumer Trends …
Five Things I Know About China
Thoughts While Cleaning the Chicken Coop