From the Online Content - First U.S. edition.
Prologue : Mozambique's economic miracle : How to escape poverty --
1. The Lexus and the olive tree revisted : myths and facts about globalization --
2. The double life of Daniel Defoe : How did the rich countries become rich? --
3. My six-year-old son should get a job : Is free trade always the answer? --
4. The Finn and the elephant : Should we regulate foreign investment? --
5. Man exploits man : Private enterprise good, public enterprise bad? --
6. Windows 98 in 1997 : Is it wrong to 'borrow' ideas? --
7. Mission impossible? : Can financial prudence go too far? --
8. Zaire vs Indonesia : Should we turn our backs on corrupt and undemocratic countries? --
9. Lazy Japanese and thieving Germans : Are some cultures incapable of economic development? --
Epilogue : São Paulo, October 2037 : Can things get better? --
