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| The Miracle of Economic Growth | |
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| Rich Nation, Poor Nation (importance of institutions in promoting economic growth) | |
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| Outsourcing and Economic Growth (impact of competition and voluntary exchange on wealth) | |
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| Poverty, Capitalism, and Growth (does a rising tide lift all boats?) | |
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| The Threat to Growth (why higher taxes can mean less prosperity) | |
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| The Business Cycle, Unemployment, and Inflation | |
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| Is GDP What We Want? (is there a better measure than GDP?) | |
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| What's in a Word? Plenty, If It's the 'R' Word (how is a recession defined and why we care) | |
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| The Great Stagnation (why the economic recovery has been so weak) | |
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| The Case of the Disappearing Workers (misleading measures of unemployment) | |
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| Poverty, Wealth, and Equality (are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?) | |
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| Inflation and America's Debt Bomb (why soaring government means that inflation must go up) | |
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| Is it Real, or is it Nominal? (why record-high prices aren't always what they seem) | |
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| Fiscal Policy | |
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| Who Really Pays Taxes? (contrary to politicians' claims, it's the rich who foot the bill for Uncle Sam) | |
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| Are You Stimulated Yet? (why stimulus packages do-or don't-work) | |
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| The Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Flimflam (your money at waste) | |
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| Big Bucks for Bailouts (if it's "too big to fail," it's too big to save) | |
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| The Pension Crisis (the future is coming and it's going to crush us) | |
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| Higher Taxes Are in Your Future (why you can expect to pay higher and higher taxes in the future) | |
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| The Myths of Social Security (it's not what government says it is, nor will it ever be) | |
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| Monetary Policy and Financial Institutions | |
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| The Fed and Financial Panics (why the Fed was founded, and what it learned from its failures) | |
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| The Fed Feeding Frenzy (why monetary policy no longer looks like it used to) | |
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| Deposit Insurance and Financial Markets (economic implications of subsidized deposit insurance) | |
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| Phone It In: The Coming Revolution in the Payments System (with one swipe of your smart phone, you can soon buy anything) | |
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| Globalization and International Finance | |
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| The Value of the Dollar (why exchange rates move and what it means for America) | |
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| Is the Eurozone Zoning Out? (why not let someone else pay for your troubles?) | |
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| The Global Power of the Big Mac (how a simple burger illuminates the mysteries of foreign exchange markets) | |
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| The Opposition to Globalization (why people object to globalization) | |
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| The $750,000 Job (economic consequences of attempts to restrict free trade) | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References and Weblinks | |
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| Index | |