Dedication
by Ron Scherer, Joel Naroff
Big Picture Economics: How to Navigate the New Global Economy
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Economics of Context
- Chapter 2: The Federal Reserve, Congress, and the Use of Context in Economic Policy *
- Public Policy Spreads a Wide Ripple
- The View from the Hill
- Why the Economic Forecast Matters
- Economic Assumptions Matter: The Rosy Scenario
- Does One Policy Fit All?
- A Bank Loaded with Economists
- The Importance of the Beige Book
- From Beige to Blue and Green
- Fed Policy
- From Bubbles to Fed Meetings
- The Fed Goofs
- Notes
- Chapter 3: We Are All Economists and Don't Know It
- Context Tells Us What We Can Afford
- Frugal in Arizona
- The Economy Gets Worse
- Public Officials as Economic Forecasters
- A Mayor as Economist
- Tampa's Faulty Economic Model
- Changing the Economic DNA
- How an Educator Put on an Economist's Hat
- A Fiscal Grand Canyon
- Crow Solutions
- The Business Owner as Economist
- Greg Parker: From Fast Food to Economics
- Convenience Store Economics
- Things Are Bad, So Expand
- Notes
- Chapter 4: How a Perfect World Would Work
- Chapter 5: Shopper Nation: Why We Buy or Don't Buy
- Chapter 6: How Is a Can of Tuna Like a Smartphone? Yes, Context!
- Chapter 7: When to Spend, When to Cut, and When to Scratch Your Head Over the Federal Budget
- Chapter 8: Tax Policy: Does Cutting Taxes Cure All Ills?
- Chapter 9: Monetary Policy: Money, or Maybe the Federal Reserve, Makes the World Go 'Round
- Chapter 10: The Panama Canal Widens and the Middle Class Grows in China—How Does That Affect Indiana?
- Ports Get Ready for Change
- The View from the West Coast
- Trade beyond the Canal
- History: The Moat around Fortress America Has Dried Up
- Even Small Countries Can Crash the World Economy
- Free Trade Is a Goal, but Fair Trade Is a Necessity
- Currency Manipulation Has Negative Implications beyond the Obvious
- Notes
- Chapter 11: What Do We Do Now?
- “The Future Ain't What It Used to Be”
- Flying Robots, 3D Printers, and the Future
- Will the Consumer Continue to Reign? Maybe, Maybe Not
- Fracking: Controversial but Changing the Future
- Can We Squeeze More Out of the Ground?
- The Economics of More Energy
- The Aging of Boomers Will Change the Economy Once Again
- Notes
- About the Authors
For Cindy
—Joel
For Kathy
—Ron
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