Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? teaches clear economic principles in a narrative style as a series of letters from “Uncle Eric”. Historic events like the stock market crash in the United States will have you counting your pennies. Learn about recession, inflation, the demand for money, government spending, investment cycles, velocity, and more!
Recommended by the late William Simon, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, every student, businessperson and investor will find this book essential. Students follow the provided schedule to read this book independently. They record an economic principle learned from the reading in the Student Notebook each week.
Table of Contents:
- 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
Boom and Bust Cycle Since the Civil War - Fast Money
History Repeats - Getting Rich Quick
- The Boom and Bust Cycle
- How Much is a Trillion?
The Roaring 90’s
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
- Internet Addresses
- Financial Newsletters
- Bibliography and Recommended Reading
- Glossary
