Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?: A Fast, Clear, and Fun Explanation of the Economics You Need for Success in Your Career, Business, and Investments,9780942617313

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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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780942617313
ISBN10: 0942617312
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Bluestocking Pr
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Summary

Presents an explanation of economics especially as it pertains to money, inflation, recession, and wage and price controls.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9(4)
Study Guide Available 13(2)
Preface 15(1)
Note to Reader 16(1)
A Note About Economics 17(1)
``Smart'' 18(1)
Money: Coins and Paper
19(3)
Tanstaafl, The Romans and Us
22(6)
Inflation
28(3)
Dollars, Money and Legal Tender
31(8)
Revolutions, Elections and Printing Presses
39(4)
Wages, Prices Spirals and Controls
43(8)
Wallpaper, Wheelbarrows and Recessions
51(8)
Boom and Bust Cycle Since the Civil War
58(1)
Fast Money
59(10)
History Repeats
67(2)
Getting Rich Quick
69(6)
The Boom and Bust Cycle
75(2)
How Much is a Trillion?
77(5)
The Roaring 90s
79(1)
Federal Debt Chart
80(2)
What's So Bad About the Federal Debt?
82(6)
An Interesting Exercise
85(1)
One Reason Governments Spend So Much
86(2)
Summary
88(6)
Where Do We Go From Here?
94(4)
Natural Law and Economic Prosperity
98(27)
Nations and Legal Systems
107(18)
Appendix 125(62)
Excerpt from ``The Long Winter''
126(1)
Sutter's Fort Trade Store Sign
127(1)
Wall Street Journal Cartoon
128(1)
Supply of Dollars Chart
129(1)
Real Wages Chart
130(2)
Median Income Chart
132(1)
The Oil Myth
133(1)
How to Invest in Gold and Silver
134(1)
Measures of Money Supply
135(1)
The Truth About Inflation
136(7)
Real Investment Value
143(9)
Resources
152(3)
Movies and Documentaries
155(1)
Internet Addresses especially for Young People
156(1)
Internet Addresses
157(2)
Financial Newsletters
159(2)
Mail-Order Book Stores
161(1)
Distilled Wisdom
162(7)
Bibliography
169(7)
Glossary
176(6)
Spreading the Word
182(1)
Educators and Parents
183(1)
Answers to Exercises for Real Investment Value
184(1)
About Richard J. Maybury
185(1)
Special Offer
186(1)
Index 187(4)
Bluestocking Press 191

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