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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- ISBN: 9780942617641
- ISBN: 0942617649
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168 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: Seventh edition.
- Publisher: Placerville, CA : Bluestocking Press, [2015]
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Money: coins and paper -- Tanstaafl, the Romans, and us -- Inflation -- Dollars, money, and legal tender -- Revolutions, elections, and printing presses -- Big Mac index -- Wages, prices, spirals, and controls -- Wallpaper, wheelbarrows, and recessions -- A partial list of runaway inflations -- Boom and bust cycle since the Civil War -- Fast money -- History repeats -- Getting rich quick -- The boom and bust cycle -- Fear has become the driver -- How much is a trillion? -- The roaring '90s -- Federal debt chart -- What's so bad about the federal debt? -- An 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 -- Websites -- Financial newsletters -- Bibliography and recommended reading. |
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