Bibframe Work

1. On the books: the markets we make by law

Coming into being: in praise of markets

Me and mine: property, the first market

Lex non scripta: the laws we don't make, or, the common law

I am my brother's keeper: cooperatives

Trust: how we cooperate to compete

Staking claims on the mind: intellectual property

Little commonwealths: corporations and the state that creates them

The future of corporations

2. Infrastructure: the markets we make by hand

From highways to health care: progress through infrastructure

Making places

The great nineteenth-century train robbery

A socialist paradise: the American road system

Waiting for a train station

What we did before: path dependence and markets

Police and prisons: freedom, security, and democracy

Why don't you make me? Government and force

3. Seeding the fields: the markets we make in our minds

Common tongue, common culture, common markets

4. The markets we build abroad

By your bootstraps: developing countries and markets

Last night upon the stairs: international law

5. Looking forward: making better markets

Conclusion: Making better markets

Afterword: My own story: a circuitous journey.