Booms & Busts
What is money?
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Law
100

One of history's best examples of the boom and bust cycles per your book.

What was the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929?

100

This defines money as currency, checking accounts, travelers checks, savings accounts, money market mutual funds, and certain transactions between banks.

What is M2?

100

13 place values represents this.  

What is a trillion?

100

The shortfall between the government's income (taxes) and its spending.  The shortfall is covered either through borrowing or creating money.

What is a deficit?

100

Two types of law.

What are Natural Law and Civil Law/Roman Law?

200

A get-rich-quick scheme that occurred 350 years ago in Holland.

What was Tulipmania?

200

Each time the government slows the creation of real M2, this hits.

What is a recession?

200

Tanstaafl

What is there ain't no such thing as a free lunch?

200
The total of all federal deficits.

What is the federal debt?

200

This law grows out of two fundamental laws:  1.  do all you have agreed to do; 2. do not encroach on other persons or their property.  

What is Natural Law?

300
According to the text, you'll need the courage of a riverboat gambler because you'll be in this business with get-rich-quick schemes.

What is gambling?

300
When the Federal Reserve injects new money into the US economy, this is the main entry point.

What is the monetary base (MB)?

300

It took 194 years to get to this incredible amount of federal debt.

What is a trillion dollars?

300

Fake. Phony.

What is counterfeit?

300

This law states that there is no higher law than that of the government.  An individual's rights are granted by the government.

What is civil law/Roman law?

400

With economic turmoil growing, this is probably the best way for a young person to get ahead.

What is starting a business?

400

This is the speed at which money changes hands.

What is velocity?

400

A second trillion was added to the federal debt this many years after the first.

What is 5 years?

400

A factory that makes coins or other money.  To make coins out of metal.

What is the mint?

400

After 1776, America led the movement to this law.

What is natural law?

500

One of the strangest and most dangerous things about inflation is that it is usually accompanied by this.

What is a get-rich-quick scheme?

500

According to your text, a shift in velocity can occur this fast.

What is as fast as emotions can change?

500

The federal debt at the end of this course.

What is $39 trillion?
500

An economic and political system under which virtually everything and everyone is owned and controlled by government agencies.  Marxism.

What is socialism?

500

Before you visit any country, check this index to see how much risk you are taking.

What is the Index of Economic Freedom?
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