Whatever happened to penny candy? : a fast, clear, and fun explanation of the economics you need for success in your career, business, and investments / by Richard J. Maybury (Uncle Eric).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Money: coins and paper -- Tanstaafl, the Romans, and us -- Inflation -- Dollars, money, and legal tender -- Revolutions, elections, and printing presses --Big Mac index -- Wages, prices, spirals, and controls -- Wallpaper, wheelbarrows, and recessions -- A partial list of runaway inflations -- Boom and bust cycle since the Civil War -- Fast money -- History repeats -- Getting rich quick -- The boom and bust cycle -- Fear has become the driver -- How much is a trillion? -- The roaring '90s -- Federal debt chart -- What's so bad about the federal debt? -- An interesting exercise -- One reason governments spend so much -- Summary -- What happened in 2008? -- The unknown shakeout -- Where do we go from here? -- Natural law and economic prosperity -- Nations and legal systems -- Appendix -- Excerpt from the long winter -- Sutter's fort trade store sign -- Comparison of law chart -- Distilled wisdom -- The truth about inflation -- The oil myth -- Measures of money supply -- Supply of dollars chart -- Real wages -- Real wages chart -- How to invest in gold and silver -- Resources -- Movies and documentaries -- Websites -- Financial newsletters -- Bibliography and recommended reading.

This clearly written, award-winning book about economics is a remarkably easy and fun explanation of money (its origin and history), the dollar (its origin and history), investment cycles, velocity, business cycles, recessions, inflation, the demand for money, government (its economic behavior), and more. All explanations and interpretations are according to the Austrian and Monetarist schools of economic theory.