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The Economy, Explained: How Money, Debt, and Power Actually Work

The Economy, Explained: How Money, Debt, and Power Actually Work

Kavan, Levi D.

Paperback

Series: Power and Politics, Explained

EconomicsInvesting & FinanceGeneral Political Science

ISBN13: 9798185901069
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 6 2026
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You were never taught how money actually works. That was not an accident.Where 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?

Most 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.

You'll finally understand:

  • Where money comes from - and why most of it is created by private banks the moment someone borrows
  • What the Federal Reserve really does - and why fighting inflation always costs someone their job
  • Why the national debt isn't like your credit card - and what the real limit on government spending actually is
  • Modern Monetary Theory - steelmanned and honestly criticized, so you can judge it yourself
  • Why taxes aren't the government's income - they're its steering wheel, turned for decades to tax work harder than wealth
  • How the system booms, busts, and bails out the people who caused the crash
  • Why working harder can feel like running in place - and the structural reason it isn't in your head

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