Political economy, concisely

Series statement from jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index. Property or "property rights"? -- "Design faults" in Locke's theory of property taint ownership with guilt -- Is ownership a myth? -- How to get a free lunch? Just apply for it -- The problem of contract enforcement -- The public goods dilemma -- Trying a free market -- The statist legacy -- Your dog owns your house -- The Yakoubovich syndrome, or lies, damn lies, and economic policy -- Winning policy battles but losing the war against economic realities -- Paying ourselves more of their money -- The doctrine of "unequal exchange" : the last refuge of modern socialism -- Corporate managers : are they going to kill capitalism? -- When the economy needs morals -- The political economy of force-feeding -- Hostile to whom? -- Mannesmann's courtesy could prove rare -- Can Putin build a real economy from oil and rigor? -- Russia and the new Europe : growing apart -- Russia hopping along on clay feet --^ The French tragicomedy -- How the French "social model" could self-destruct -- A little bit of history repeating -- There is no French exception -- The hobbling of private France -- The capitalism they hate -- St