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Inflated : how money and debt built the American dream /

"Americans as a whole view themselves as reasonably prudent and sober people when it comes to matters of money, reflecting the puritan roots of the earliest European settlers. Yet as a community, we also seem to believe that we are entitled to a lifestyle that is well-beyond our current income,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whalen, R. Christopher, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011.
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  • Inflated: How Money and Debt Built the American Dream; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Free Banking and Private Money; Chapter 2: Lincoln Saves a Nation by Printing Money; Chapter 3: Robber Barons and the Gilded Age; Chapter 4: The Rise of the Central Bank; Chapter 5: War, Boom, and Bust; Chapter 6: New Deal to Cold War; Chapter 7: Debt and Inflation: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats; Chapter 8: Leveraging the American Dream; Chapter 9: A New Monetary Order; Notes; Selected References; About the Author; Index.