Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index. Miller, R. L., Benjamin, D. K., & North, D. C. (2005). The economics of public issues (14th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson/Addison-Wesley.

Part 1: The foundations of economic analysis -- Killer airbags -- Terrible trade-off -- Flying the friendly skies? -- The mystery of wealth? -- Part 2: Supply and demand -- Sex, booze, and drugs -- Expanding waistlines -- Is water different? -- Slave redemption in Sudan -- Choice and life -- Smoking and smuggling -- Part 3: Alternative rationing systems -- Bankrupt landlords, from sea to shining sea -- Rationing health care -- The effects of the minimum wage -- Heavenly highway -- Part 4: Market structures -- Give me MP3 or give me death -- Contracts, combinations, and conspiracies -- Coffee, tea, or tuition-free? -- Keeping the competition out -- The perils of product differentiation -- Part 5: Political economy -- Raising less corn and more hell -- Killer cars and the rise of the SUV -- Crime and punishment -- The graying of America -- Part 6: Property rights and the environment -- Frankenfoods -- The trashman cometh -- Bye, bye bison -- Smog merchants -- Greenhouse economics -- Part 7: International trade and economic prosperity -- Free trade, less trade, or no trade? -- The $750,000 steelworker -- A farewell to jobs -- The rise of the dragon