preface

Chapter 1: Economic Concepts

001 Scarcity: Why are the world's precious things expensive?
002 Opportunity Cost: Why There Is No Free Lunch in the World
003 Efficiency and Equity: Should We Make the Pie Bigger or Share It Fairly?
004 Market: Why is Carrot Market also a market in economics?
005 Economic Activity: Am I, a student, engaged in economic activity?
006 Public Goods: Why Should the Government Create Free Parks and Water Supply Facilities?
007 Substitutes and Complements: What's the Secret Behind "Chicken Instead of Pheasant" and "Chi-Maek"?
008 Normal and Inferior Goods: When people's finances improve, what is the first thing they do?
009 Unemployment: Are we all unemployed if we don't work?
010 Stocks vs.
Bonds: Two Ways to Roll Money?
011 Externalities: Why do people get the flu shot less often than we think?
012 Privatization of Public Enterprises: Why Would the Government Sell Off Its Enterprises to the Private Sector?
013 Sharing Economy: Is it true that you have to own something to be able to consume it?
Reading the World Through Economics I Economic Development vs.
Environmental Protection: What's a Rational Choice?_Environmental Pollution and Rational Choice
Reading the World Through Economics II: Will Everyone Be Happy in a Sharing Economy? _The Light and Shadow of the Sharing Economy


Chapter 2 Economic Phenomena

014 The Bandwagon Effect: Why Is Social Media Word-of-Mouth Important for Product Sales?
015 The Snob Effect: How Does the Sophisticated White Heron Consume?
016 Concorde's Fallacy: Why Can't We Stop Even When We Know It's Losing?
017 Business Cycle: Does the National Economy Have a Biorhythm?
018 Inflation: Why do the prices of jajangmyeon keep rising?
019 Deflation: Why Are Falling Prices So Fearful?
020 Stagflation: Adding insult to injury, what's the most dangerous economic situation?
021 Nudge Effect: What unexpected effects can emerge from a gentle nudge?
022 Market Failure: Can the 'Invisible Hand' Solve Everything?
023 Government Failure: Can the Government Be a Panacea?
024 Gentrification: Why do hot neighborhoods rise and fall so quickly?
025 Moral Hazard: Why Does Car Insurance Make You More Afraid to Drive Safely?
026 Regional Economic Bloc: What if nearby countries joined forces economically?
027 The Tragedy of the Commons: What Happens in an Unclaimed Pasture?
Reading the World Through Economics I: Why Are Venezuelans, Once Oil-Rich, Now Finding It Hard to Make a Living? - Hyperinflation
Reading the World Through Economics II: Is the Assumption That Humans Are Rational Beings True?_Behavioral Economics


Chapter 3 Economic History

028 A History of Capitalism: Can the Face of Capitalism Change?
029 Commercial Capitalism: Did Capitalism Have a Fetal Stage?
030 Industrial Revolution: What event brought about human abundance?
031 Industrial Capitalism: How Did Capitalism Change the World?
032 Monopoly Capitalism: Why did degenerate capitalism start seeking colonies?
033 The Great Depression: What was the worst recession in history that terrified the world?
034 New Deal Policy: What new card did the government pull out to solve the Great Depression?
035 Revision Capitalism: How to Rewrite the History of Capitalism?
036 Oil Crisis: Was there a time when gas stations ran out of gas?
037 Neoliberalism: Why did Prime Minister Thatcher, the 'Iron Lady', receive both praise and criticism?
038 Global Financial Crisis: What crisis started on Wall Street and swept across the financial markets?
039 Japan's Bubble Economy: How Did Japan's Shining Golden Age End?
040 3 Low Boom: When was the greatest golden age for our country's economy?
041 The 1997 Foreign Exchange Crisis: When was the greatest crisis that changed the history of the Korean economy?
Reading the World Through Economics Ⅰ Why Are There So Many Dystopian Films About a Dark Future? _The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Future
Reading the World Through Economics II: Why Did the Government Provide Disaster Relief Funds After COVID-19? _The Impact of Disaster Relief Funds on the Economy


Chapter 4: Economists

042 Adam Smith: Does the 'invisible hand' rule the market?
043 David Ricardo: Why is trade between countries beneficial to everyone?
044 Chapter Baptiste Say: Which comes first, supply or demand?
045 Thomas Malthus: Is population growth a social disaster?
046 Alfred Marshall: Why are supply and demand like a pair of scissors?
047 Karl Marx: Will Capitalism Really Fall?
048 Thorstein Veblen: Why do people like luxury brands?
049 John Maynard Keynes: Is the 'Invisible Hand' Really a Panacea?
050 Joseph Schumpeter: What is the entrepreneurial spirit that leads to social change?
051 Paul Samuelson: All economic problems boil down to three things?
052 Ronald Coase: How to solve the noise problem between floors without force?
053 Friedrich Hayek: Who was the economist who pioneered a new path of liberalism?
054 George Akerlof: Why are more and more defective cars left in the used car market?
055 Thomas Piketty: How did we get to a world where money makes money?
Reading the World Through Economics I: What if Only One Lane in a Two-Lane Tunnel Is Blocked? - The Tunnel Effect, Income, and Distribution
Reading the World Through Economics II Why did Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men, call for more taxes from the wealthy?
_Controversy over the introduction of a wealth tax


Chapter 5 Economic System

056 Market Economy: What is the most powerful economic system in the world?
057 Planned Economy System: What if the economy runs according to government orders and plans?
058 Depositor Protection System: If a bank goes bankrupt, can I get my deposits back?
059 Central Bank: Where will our country's currency come from?
060 Maximum Price System: Did the 'Half-Price Milk' Policy Surge Milk Prices?
061 Minimum Wage System: Why does the government set a minimum wage standard?
062 Progressive Tax: The more money you earn, the more taxes you have to pay?
063 Budget System: How Does the Government Manage the Nation's Finances?
064 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Why has 'OECD standards' become a staple in the news?
065 Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act: Can the Government Correct Unfair Game Rules?
066 Economic Stabilization Policy: Can the Government and Central Bank Maintain the Economy's Appropriate Temperature?
067 Fiscal Policy: Why does the government release or collect money?
068 Financial Policy: What if we sprayed money from helicopters?
069 Fixed exchange rate system vs.
Floating Exchange Rate System: Two Methods of Setting Exchange Rates: Which is Better?
Reading the World Through Economics I: Will the Minimum Wage System Help Workers? The Controversy Surrounding the Minimum Wage System
Reading the World Through Economics II: What if the State Gave Every Citizen a Free Monthly Salary? The Debate on Basic Income


Chapter 6 Economic Indicators

070 Gross Domestic Product: Can it measure the height and weight of a national economy?
071 Gross National Product: Will the foreign currency earned by Korean singers be included in our country's economic size statistics?
072 Economic Growth Rate: How Do We Know If an Economy is Growing?
073 Price Index: If things at the supermarket become more expensive, does that mean prices have gone up?
074 Big Mac Index: How did the hamburger become a benchmark for measuring inflation?
075 Base Rate: Is there a 'standard' for interest rates?
076 KOSPI Index: How to Identify Stock Price Changes That Make Investors Laugh and Cry
077 Bitcoin: A Vehicle of Speculation or the New Currency of the Future?
078 Lorenz Curve and Gini Coefficient: Can the Income Gap Be Represented in Numbers?
079 Decile Distribution: Can We Measure Inequality?
080 Relative Poverty Rate: How Serious Is Poverty in Our Country?
081 Unemployment Rate: Why do people look unemployed but aren't?
082 Exchange Rate: At what rate will foreign currency and domestic currency be exchanged?
083 Foreign Exchange Reserves: Why does the government set aside foreign currency reserves?
084 Balance of Payments: Should the government also record its transactions with other countries in its ledgers?
Reading the World Through Economics I: Are We Happier, True to the Saying, "Let's Live Well"? _GDP and the Happiness Index
Reading the World Through Economics II: Would Baseball Player Ryu Hyun-jin Enjoy a Rising Exchange Rate? The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Our Lives


Chapter 7: The Laws of Economics

085 Life Cycle Hypothesis: Why Should We Consume Stably?
086 The Law of Demand: Can you make a profit by selling something cheap?
087 Law of Supply: What will producers do when the price of a good increases?
088 Equilibrium Price: What are the market traffic lights that regulate supply and demand?
089 Fluctuations in Demand and Quantity Demanded: How Can We Reduce Tobacco Consumption?
090 Price Elasticity of Demand: Why is the meat section of a supermarket located inside?
091 Price Elasticity of Supply: Do Farmers Hate Good Harvests?
092 Price Discrimination: Why Are Amusement Park Price Lists So Complex?
093 Economies of Scale: The More You Make, the Better?
094 The Law of Three-Way Equivalence of National Income: Where will the money I spend today go?
095 Phillips Curve: Why Are Unemployment and Inflation Difficult to Control Simultaneously?
096 The Paradox of Savings: Is Saving Too Much a Problem?
097 The Fool in the Shower: Why Is Temperature Control in the National Economy So Fail-Prone?
098 Game Theory: Why is a game of reading the mood more disadvantageous?
099 Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility: Can you keep eating your favorite food without getting sick of it?
100 The Vicious Cycle of Poverty: Why Do Poor Countries Stay Poor?
Reading the World Through Economics I: The Economics of COVID-19 and Masks: The Impact of Product Elasticity on Society
Reading the World Through Economics II: Why Can't Oil-Producing Countries Easily Reduce Oil Production? _The Prisoner's Dilemma for Oil-Producing Countries
Reading the World Through Economics III: Does More Money Mean Happiness? _The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility Between Money and Happiness

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