Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index.
Introduction -- Prologue to Part 1 -- Part 1. The Mysteries of Wealth and Poverty -- The history detectives -- What makes economies grow? -- How to make poverty history -- Prologue to Part 2 -- Part 2. Are Individuals free to choose? -- What's it all about? -- Economics for humans -- Information and markets -- Prologue to Part 3 -- Part 3. Nature, markets, and society -- Murderous apes and entrepreneurs -- Economy versus society -- Why economics has soul