Introduction -- The wizard of ed -- Rupert and the chancellor: a tragic love story -- Curious George schools John Paulson -- Michael Milken: master of the knowledge universe -- What makes a good education business? -- Lessons from clown school

"In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a local economy made up of settlers, loggers, and business people from Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and New England developed on the banks of the Upper Saint John River in an area known as the Madawaska Territory. This emergent economy was...

Theory: Markets and the tyranny of the majority; Are "lumpy" markets a problem?; Empirical evidence: Who benefits whom in practice; Who benefits whom in the neighborhood; Preference minorities as citizens and consumers -- Market solutions and their limits: Market enlargement and consumer...