economics to ordinary daily life. The book is designed to make economics accessible to everyone regardless of educational background. The book provides substantial coverage of federal budget deficits and the more than five-fold increase in the national debt just during the past 20 years. The book also deals with such important topics as, "Unemployment and Inflation," "Money and Banking and the Federal Reserve System," "International Trade and Finance," and "Unions and Collective Bargaining."

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