{"product_id":"the-economy-explained-levi-d-kavan-9798185901069","title":"The Economy, Explained: How Money, Debt, and Power Actually Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eYou were never taught how money actually works. That was not an accident.\u003c\/b\u003eWhere does money really come from? Why can the government \"print\" trillions but you can't? Is the national debt a crisis - or a con? Why does everything feel rigged, and who exactly is it rigged for? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost books about the economy ask you to pick a team before they'll explain anything. This one refuses. In plain English - no equations, no jargon, no political cheerleading - Levi D. Kavan pulls back the curtain on the machine that runs your life: the Federal Reserve, the banks that create money out of thin air, the national debt, inflation, taxes, and the quiet rules that decide who wins before the \"free market\" ever renders its verdict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll finally understand: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhere money comes from\u003c\/b\u003e - and why most of it is created by private banks the moment someone borrows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhat the Federal Reserve really does\u003c\/b\u003e - and why fighting inflation always costs someone their job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy the national debt isn't like your credit card\u003c\/b\u003e - and what the real limit on government spending actually is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eModern Monetary Theory\u003c\/b\u003e - steelmanned \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e honestly criticized, so you can judge it yourself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy taxes aren't the government's income\u003c\/b\u003e - they're its steering wheel, turned for decades to tax work harder than wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the system booms, busts, and bails out the people who caused the crash\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy working harder can feel like running in place\u003c\/b\u003e - and the structural reason it isn't in your head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the last page, you'll watch a Fed announcement, a debt-ceiling fight, or a tax bill and know \u003ci\u003eexactly\u003c\/i\u003e what's happening - and who it's happening for. \u003cb\u003eYou'll never read the economic news the same way again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFully illustrated with \u003cb\u003e12 original charts and diagrams\u003c\/b\u003e - from how banks conjure money out of a keystroke to why your pay stopped tracking your productivity - that make each idea impossible to forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the author of the Power and Politics, Explained series. Written for the smart, skeptical reader who's tired of both economics textbooks and cable-news spin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Levi D. Kavan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185901069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Levi D. Kavan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997893603583,"sku":"9798185901069","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-economy-explained-levi-d-kavan-9798185901069","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}