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Assignment:  Present the book to me in a power point format.  Your job will be to create a presentation on the book to me the publisher as if this book as never been published.  You are selling the attributes of the book.  You will need to convince me to put my hard earned money behind this book.  Or, you hated the book and it is your job to convince me that this book should never be published or see the light of day.   Either way, you will have a minimum of 8 minutes and a maximum of 10 to tell the “story” of your chosen title.  Be sure to convince me you have read the entire book. Sign-up time on January 24th.   First come, first to pick their time.  I open at 7 AM.     40 points


Page 1 -- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America,     Hidden Order: The Economics of  Everyday Life,     The Armchair Economist:  Economics and Everyday Life

Page 2 -- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything,     The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,     The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism

Page 3 -- The Undercover Economist,     Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,     The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the  21st Century

Page 4 -- The Travels of a T-Shirt In the Global Economy:  An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade,    The Fatal Equilibrium,     Murder at the Margin:  A Henry Spearman Mystery

Page 5 -- The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance,    Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue

Page 6 -- Spin Free Economics,    Soccernomics,    Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies,    The Economic Naturalist