{"product_id":"2940011126369","title":"A Brief Financial History of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eI find timelines the best way to keep history straight, and that’s what this book is, a brief annotated timeline of the financial history of the United States. I wrote it a couple of years ago when I was researching the financial mess we were in, in order to explain it to my Economic students. I kept going further and further back in order to make sense of what I was finding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for those everyday-type people who want to understand what is going on, but don’t have a significant amount of financial\/economic background. But, don’t worry, I use footnotes liberally – I had to look up many of these financial expressions, people, events, and terms, and I share that information throughout the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI also happened to be teaching a class on Benjamin Franklin at the time I started this study. I noticed that he had some sayings that applied to this topic – I’ve sprinkled a few of those throughout the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the request of a friend, I’ve also sprinkled “Catherine’s commentary” throughout. Those appear as CC: ______It will become clear very quickly that I come at this from a fiscally conservative perspective!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catherine McGrew Jaime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073010909424,"sku":"2940011126369","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011126369_p0.jpg?v=1769886314","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011126369","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}