The Foundations of Economic Analysis -- Death by Bureaucrat (when bureaucratic choices mean life for some people-and death for others) -- Supersize It (the economics of obesity) -- Flying the Friendly Skies? (how safe is commercial air travel? How safe should it be?) -- The Mystery of Wealth (why some nations are rich and others are poor) -- Surf Gangs (lessons from surfers on property rights and economic efficiency) -- Supply and Demand -- Sex, Booze, and Drugs (the unintended-and often harmful-consequences of prohibiting voluntary exchange) -- All Fracked Up (how a boom in natural gas exploration is making us richer and greener) -- Kidneys for Sale (does a market for human organs make sense?) -- Are We Running Out of Water? (on a planet that's two-thirds water, how can we be running out of the stuff?) -- Bankrupt Landlords, from Sea to Shining Sea (when governments lower rents, tenants can suffer) -- Labor Markets -- (Why) Are Women Paid Less? (why are women paid less, while men are working less?) -- Over $1 Trillion in College Debt, and Rising (but for many young people, borrowing to go to college is still the right thing to do) -- The Effects of the Minimum Wage (how a "living wage" can ruin the lives of minority youngsters) -- Immigration, Superstars, and Poverty (are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?) -- The (Dis)incentives of Higher Taxes (how high taxes illustrate the old adage, "there is no free lunch") -- Market Structures -- Patent Trolls and Seed Monopolies (do patents make us better off?) -- Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies (why the NCAA and OPEC have more in common than four-letter names) -- Coffee, Tea, or Tuition-Free? (who wins and who loses from price discrimination) -- Keeping the Competition Out (when the government steps in, the competition steps out) -- Political Economy -- The Deception of Green Energy (the unsustainability of wind farms, solar panels, and electric cars) -- Save a Turtle, Kill a Person (why bans on plastic bags waste resources, harm the environment, and threaten human lives) -- Raising Less Corn and More Hell (how your tax dollars end up in farmers' pockets) -- The Pension Crisis (our promises are coming home to roost) -- The Graying of America (America is getting older, and you will foot the bill) -- Property Rights and the Environment -- Save that Species (saving a species is easy-with a little bit of economics) -- Greenhouse Economics (the economics of global climate change) -- Ethanol Madness (environmental policy gone bad) -- The Trashman Cometh (the costs and benefits of recycling) -- Globalization and Economic Prosperity -- The Economics of the Big Mac (lessons we can learn from the ultimate burger) -- Globalization and the Wealth of America (is globalization all bad?) -- The $750,000 Steelworker (the economic consequences of restricting international trade).