Inflated
eBook - PDF

Inflated

Money, Debt, and the American Dream

  1. 430 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Inflated

Money, Debt, and the American Dream

About this book

Discover where America's monetary system is heading—and how it will impact you—in the years to come

In the newly revised second edition of Inflated: How Money & Debt Built the American Dream, veteran investment banker, author, and Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors LLC delivers the latest installment of his concise history of the United States' monetary system, putting contemporary financial phenomena like inflation and high housing costs into context. You'll learn to understand how issues like the public debt and the rise of cryptocurrencies can be understood through the lens of how the United States government exploits debt and the monetary system to fund its operations.

The author explains:

  • How contemporary concepts like Modern Monetary Theory fit into and influence the American economy
  • How and why the United States' debt has tripled in the last fifteen years and the necessary consequences of that increase
  • The likelihood and potential impacts of another economic correction during the 2020s

An engrossing and essential read for anyone interested in the economic and monetary realities driving our markets, politics, and societies, the second edition of Inflated is an eye-opening discussion of the drastic changes unfolding in the American economy and the even more dramatic transformations that lie just beyond the horizon.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781394285716
eBook ISBN
9781394285730
Edition
2

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 Free Banking and Private Money
  8. Chapter 2 Lincoln Funds Civil War withĀ Inflation
  9. Chapter 3 Robber Barons and theĀ Gilded Age
  10. Chapter 4 The Rise ofĀ the Central Bank
  11. Chapter 5 War, Boom, and Bust
  12. Chapter 6 New Deal toĀ Cold War
  13. Chapter 7 Debt and Inflation
  14. Chapter 8 Leveraging the American Dream
  15. Chapter 9 Financial Crisis and Malaise
  16. Chapter 10 New American Dreams
  17. Notes
  18. Selected References
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. About theĀ Author
  21. Index
  22. EULA