Whatever happened to penny candy? a fast, clear, and fun explanation of the economics you need for success in your career, business, and investments

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Main Author: Maybury, Rick
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Placerville, CA : Bluestocking Press, c2010.
Edition:6th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Money: coins and paper
  • Tanstaafl, the Romans, and us
  • Inflation
  • Dollars, money, and legal tender
  • Revolutions, elections, and painting presses
  • Big Mac index
  • Wages, prices, spirals, and controls
  • Wallpaper, wheelbarrows, and recessions
  • Boom and bust cycle since the Civil War
  • Fast money
  • History repeats
  • Getting rich quick
  • The boom and bust cycle
  • How much is a trillion?
  • The roaring '90s
  • Federal debt chart
  • What's so bad about the federal debt?
  • Or interesting exercise
  • One reason governments spend so much
  • Summary
  • What happened in 2008?
  • The unknown shakeout
  • Where do we go from here?
  • Natural law and economic prosperity
  • Nations and legal systems
  • Appendix
  • Excerpt from the long winter
  • Sutter's fort trade store sign
  • Comparison of law chart
  • Distilled wisdom
  • The truth about inflation
  • The oil myth
  • Measures of money supply
  • Supply of dollars chart
  • Real wages
  • Real wages chart
  • How to invest in gold and silver
  • Resources
  • Movies and documentaries
  • Internet addresses
  • Financial newsletters
  • Bibliography and recommended reading.