How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

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PETER D. SCHIFF
 is the bestselling author of Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profi t 
from the Economic Collapse and The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets. This is 
his fi rst collaboration with his brother 
ANDREW J. SCHIFF
, a recognized expert in 
economic and fi nancial communications.

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Document Outline

• How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1: AN IDEA IS BORN
  • CHAPTER 2: SHARING THE WEALTH
  • CHAPTER 3: THE MANY USES OF CREDIT
    • Consumption Loans
    • Emergency Loans
  • CHAPTER 4: ECONOMIC EXPANSION
  • CHAPTER 5: PROSPERITY LOVES COMPANY
    • Efficiency and Deflation
    • Employment
  • CHAPTER 6: PUT IT IN THE VAULT
    • Interest Rates
    • High-Risk Investment
  • CHAPTER 7: INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRADE
    • 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
    • Stimulus to the Rescue
  • CHAPTER 16: STEPPING ON THE GAS
    • Sinopia Wises Up
  • CHAPTER 17: THE FISH HIT THE FAN
  • EPILOGUE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR