Contents vii
Great Gatsby Curve 183
Great Recession in the United States 187
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 190
Hayek, Friedrich A. (1899–1992) 194
Homelessness 197
Household Debt 200
Immigration and Its Economic Impact 203
Immigration and the Middle Class 206
Inflation 208
Intergenerational Mobility 211
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 215
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 219
International Trade 221
Keynesian Economics 224
Measuring Inequality 226
Medicare 230
Minimum Wage Debate 232
Monetarism 235
Money in American History 239
Mutual Funds 242
Occupy Movement 246
Phillips Curve 249
Piketty, Thomas (1971–) 251
Poverty by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the United States 255
Poverty Measurement 258
Predatory Lending 261
Samuelson, Paul (1915–2009) 265
Self-Employment 268
Social Security 274
Stock Market 278
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 281
Supply-Side Economics 286