Includes index.

Talking back to Rush Limbaugh -- Do nice guys always finish last? -- Money and happiness -- Trailblazers -- The dismal state of economics education -- Thinking about health care -- Getting prices right -- Energy and the environment -- Winner-take-all markets -- The causes and consequences of growing income inequality -- Borrowing, saving, and investing -- The economics of information.

Presents an analysis of such issues as income distribution, saving, taxation, spending, health care, employment, and financial investment, and explains why they have become problematic under current American economic policies.