Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket
Common Cents gives average Americans the fundamental knowledge they need to make smart decisions on family finances, investments, jobs, even health care and outsourcing. It brings into focus the hot-button economic, social, and political issues that dominate the front pages of newspapers—especially during this election season. You won’t find get-rich-quick schemes or insider tips on the stock market here; instead, Dr. Nancy J. Kimelman addresses the most pressing questions of our time (such as oil and immigration) and shows you how to raise your economic IQ so you can enjoy a more comfortable, assured, and intelligent life. With her guidance, you’ll argue better, vote better, and—with your newfound financial security—even sleep better.
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Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket
Common Cents gives average Americans the fundamental knowledge they need to make smart decisions on family finances, investments, jobs, even health care and outsourcing. It brings into focus the hot-button economic, social, and political issues that dominate the front pages of newspapers—especially during this election season. You won’t find get-rich-quick schemes or insider tips on the stock market here; instead, Dr. Nancy J. Kimelman addresses the most pressing questions of our time (such as oil and immigration) and shows you how to raise your economic IQ so you can enjoy a more comfortable, assured, and intelligent life. With her guidance, you’ll argue better, vote better, and—with your newfound financial security—even sleep better.
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Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket

Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket

by Nancy J. Kimelman
Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket

Common Cents: How the Economy Really Works--from the Global Market to the Supermarket

by Nancy J. Kimelman

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Common Cents gives average Americans the fundamental knowledge they need to make smart decisions on family finances, investments, jobs, even health care and outsourcing. It brings into focus the hot-button economic, social, and political issues that dominate the front pages of newspapers—especially during this election season. You won’t find get-rich-quick schemes or insider tips on the stock market here; instead, Dr. Nancy J. Kimelman addresses the most pressing questions of our time (such as oil and immigration) and shows you how to raise your economic IQ so you can enjoy a more comfortable, assured, and intelligent life. With her guidance, you’ll argue better, vote better, and—with your newfound financial security—even sleep better.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781402783753
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Publication date: 12/07/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 878 KB

Table of Contents

Preface: Why Play Dumb? ix

Part I Basic Skills xiii

1 Supply and Demand: The Foundation of All Things Economic 1

2 Time Is on Our Side: Money, Credit, and Wealth 21

3 Bonds and Stocks and Interest, Oh My! 37

4 Here Comes da Fed 49

5 Order from Chaos: The U.S. Financial System and Its Institutions 59

6 Rediscovering Markets: The Big Bang of Finance 81

7 Doing Without: The Basics of Middle-Class Finance 93

8 Trying to Defy Gravity, and Failing: The Basics of Government Finance 117

9 Multiply by a Gazillion: Tracking the Course of the U.S. Economy 129

10 Who's in Control Here? 151

Part II Explaining the Past, Predicting the Future, and Tackling the Hard Problems 171

11 The Baltic Over Oil 173

12 Over, Under, and Through: The Economics of Immigration 183

13 "Made in China" 195

14 Where's My Job? Finding Cheaper Labor Overseas 215

15 All Aboard: Resolving Our Health Care Troubles 227

16 The More Things Change, the More Things Change 247

Resources 261

Acknowledgments 265

Index 267

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