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"How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schiff, Peter D., 1963-
Other Authors: Schiff, Andrew
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010.
Subjects:
Economic development.
Business cycles.
Financial crises.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: An idea is born
  • Chapter 2: Sharing the wealth
  • Chapter 3: The many uses of credit
  • Chapter 4: Economic expansion
  • Chapter 5: Prosperity loves company
  • Chapter 6: Put it in the vault
  • Chapter 7: Infrastructure and trade
  • Chapter 8: A republic is born
  • Chapter 9: Government gets creative
  • Chapter 10: Shrinking fish
  • Chapter 11: A lifeline from afar
  • Chapter 12: The service sector steps up
  • Chapter 13: Closing the fish window
  • Chapter 14: The hut glut
  • Chapter 15: The hut rut
  • Chapter 16: Stepping on the gas
  • Chapter 17: The fish hit the fan
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the authors
  • About the illustrator.