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Whatever
Happened to Penny Candy?
Table of Contents
Ages 10 thru Adult
In "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" Richard
Maybury uses historical events from Ancient Rome to explain economic
principles. This clearly written book about economics is a remarkably
easy and fun explanation of investment cycles, velocity, business
cycles, recessions, inflation, the demand for money and more. Essential
for every student, businessperson and investor. Recommended by former
U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon. It is also on many recommended
reading lists. (See review comments) Quality paper, 192 pages.
Table of Contents:
A Note About Economics
1. Money: Coins and Paper
2. Tanstaafl, The Romans, and Us
3. Inflation
4. Dollars, Money, and Legal Tender
5. Revolutions, Elections, and Printing Presses
6. Wages, Prices, Spirals, and Controls
7. Wallpaper, Wheelbarrows, and Recessions
Boom and Bust Cycle Since the Civil War
8. Fast Money
History Repeats
9. Getting Rich Quick
10. The Boom and Bust Cycle
11. How Much is a Trillion?
The Roaring 90s
Federal Debt Chart
12. What's So Bad About the Federal Debt?
An Interesting Exercise
One Reason Governments Spend So Much
13. Summary
14. Where Do We Go From Here?
15. Natural Law and Economic Prosperity
Nations and Legal Systems
Appendix
Excerpt from The Long Winter
Sutter's Fort Trade Store Sign
Cartoon
Supply of Dollars Chart
Real Wages Chart
Quotes
Median Income Chart
The Oil Myth
How to Invest in Gold and Silver
Measures of Money Supply
The Truth About Inflation
Real Investment Value
Resources
Movies and Documentaries
Internet Addresses especially for Young People
Internet Addresses
Financial Newsletters (contact info)
Book Suppliers
Distilled Wisdom
Bibliography
Glossary
Spreading the Word
Educators and Parents
Answers to Exercises for Real Investment Value
About Richard J. Maybury
Capitalism for Kids excerpt
Index
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