From the Book - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Preface to the American edition
In which we climb into the world of economics and ask ourselves who Adam Smith's mother was
In which we are introduced to economic man and realize that he is incredibly seductive
In which it becomes apparent that economic man is not a woman
In which we see that our pact with economic man isn't turning out as we had expected
In which we add women and stir
In which Las Vegas and Wall Street merge
In which the global economy goes to hell
In which we see that men are also not like economic man
In which economic incentives aren't shown to be as uncomplicated as we might think
In which we see that you aren't selfish just because you want more money
In which we see that a negative number is still zero
In which we all become entrepreneurs
In which we see that the uterus isn't a space capsule
In which we discover economic man's unforeseen depths and fears
In which we see that the greatest story of our time only has one sex
In which we will see that every society suffers in line with its bullshit : and we say goodbye
