6CHAPTER FOUR: It’s the Spending, Stupid: Budget Deficits Really Don’t Matter
21CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: “Energy Independence” Would Be Economically Crippling; “Global Warming” Is a Crippling Theory
7CHAPTER FIVE: Capital Gains Are the Elusive Jackpot That Drive Innovation
22CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Conclusion: Free Trade Is the Path to Knowledge, Liberty, World Peace, and Big Raises
8CHAPTER SIX: The Best Way to Spread the Wealth Around Is to Abolish the Estate Tax
23Part IV: Money
9CHAPTER SEVEN: Wealth Inequality Is Beautiful
24CHAPTER NINETEEN: A Floating Foot, Minute, and Second Would Give You Ugly Houses, Burnt Wings, and Slow NFL Draft Picks
10CHAPTER EIGHT: Savers Are an Economy’s Most Valuable Benefactors
25CHAPTER TWENTY: Do Not Be Fooled by Rising and Falling Computer, Flat Screen, and VHS Prices: They Are Not an Inflation or Deflation Signal
11CHAPTER NINE: Job Creation Requires Perpetual Job Destruction
26CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: True Inflation Is Currency Devaluation, and It Is a Cruel Blast to the Past
12CHAPTER TEN: Conclusion: Bulldoze the U.S. Tax Code
27CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: If They Tell You They Predicted the “Financial Crisis,” They’re Lying
13Part II: Regulation
28CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Conclusion: “Do-Nothing” Politicians Deserve a Special Place in Heaven
14CHAPTER ELEVEN: Appalachian State Almost Never Beats Michigan, and Government Regulation Almost Never Works
29NOTES
15CHAPTER TWELVE: Antitrust Laws: The Neutering of the Near-Term Excellent
30INDEX