Going to market
Market failure and the great debate
Unemployment and inflation
Free trade, regional agreements and job losses
The trade in primary resources : blessing or curse?
Customs unions and common markets
Money, banking and international finance
Exchange rates and currency union
Financial crises, sovereign debt and future reform
Economic development, growth and inequality
The economics of terrorism
Environmental economics : sustaining spaceship earth
Conclusion : what future awaits us in the twenty-first century and beyond?.