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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Table of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Part I - ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
THE PIE OF HAPPINESS
Chapter 1. - INCOME EQUALITY: THE EARLIEST STANDARD OF EFFICIENCY
THE POPE AND PARETO DON’T LIKE IT
Chapter 2. - EQUALITY DOES NOT MATTER: PARETO EFFICIENCY AND THE FREE MARKET
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
CONSUMER SURPLUS AND PARETO EFFICIENCY
RENT CONTROL: A CASE STUDY
KALDOR, HICKS, AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
PARETO EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION
RENT CONTROL FOR THE RICH?
REDISTRIBUTION, PARETO, AND PARETO EFFICIENCY
Chapter 3. - THE PARETO EFFICIENCY COPS
IT IS NOT PARETO EFFICIENT: THE POOR EAT TOO MUCH
IT IS NOT PARETO EFFICIENT: THE POOR VISIT THE DOCTOR TOO MANY TIMES
IT IS NOT PARETO EFFICIENT: THE POOR BREATHE TOO MUCH CLEAN AIR
Chapter 4. - WHY REDISTRIBUTING GOODS MAY BE PARETO EFFICIENT AFTER ALL
WHAT IS “JUST COMPENSATION”?
THE PIE OF TAXES
Chapter 5. - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX
Chapter 6. - IT IS NOT PARETO EFFICIENT: THE RICH PAY TOO MUCH TAXES (OR, ...
WHO PAID FOR THE LAFFER CURVE
BECAUSE OF HIGH TAXES THE RICH CONSUME PERKS
THE PIE OF THINGS
Chapter 7. - PRIVATE GOODS
MONOPOLIES
CAN MONOPOLIES BE CONTROLLED?
ZERO-SUM GAMES EVERYWHERE
PARETO EFFICIENCY: HOW THE PIE GETS “BIGGER” BY FEEDING FEWER PEOPLE
HOW TO HANDICAP THE RICH
Chapter 8. - GOVERNMENT-SUPPLIED GOODS
REDISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION
“YOU CAN’T THROW MONEY AT EDUCATION”
CAN EDUCATION BE EQUAL WHEN INCOME IS NOT?
“IS IT GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY?”
Part II - THEORIES OF WAGES
INTRODUCTION: CLASSICAL AND NEO-CLASSICAL THEORIES OF WAGES
Chapter 9. - THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF WAGES
ADAM SMITH
DAVID RICARDO (1772–1823)
RICARDO’S THEORY OF LAND RENT
VMP IN INDUSTRY
THE VMP OF INDIVIDUAL WORKERS
THE GIANT TURNIP
Chapter 10. - THE NEO-CLASSICAL THEORY OF WAGES: JOHN BATES CLARK
CLARK’S THEORY OF WAGES
Chapter 11. - THE EVIDENCE
SALESPEOPLE
BIG MAC WAGES
Chapter 12. - THE MINIMUM WAGE
EMPLOYERS’ RESPONSE TO MINIMUM WAGE: THE EVIDENCE
TEAM PRODUCTION AND THE MINIMUM WAGE
Chapter 13. - THEORIES OF WAGES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
WAGES AND THE “PUZZLE” OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
KEYNES’S SOLUTION
ECONOMIC POLICIES DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
PIGOU AND PATINKIN : IF INVESTORS INVESTED LESS, CONSUMERS WOULD CONSUME MORE
CAR PRODUCTION, 1929–35
Chapter 14. - “STICKY WAGES”
FRIEDMAN : UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE FAULT OF MISINFORMED WORKERS
WHAT ABOUT THOSE LONG LINES?
Chapter 15. - “EFFICIENCY WAGES” OR: WHY UNEMPLOYMENT IS THE FAULT OF SHIRKING ...
EFFICIENCY WAGES AND FORD’S $5 DAY
Chapter 16. - EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
WAGES, EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION, PROFITS, AND TEAM PRODUCTION
AFTERWORD
Acknowledgments
NOTES
Copyright Page
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