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Authors: David Stockman
Cuomo, Andrew,
411
Currency futures
     Â
beginnings,
290â293
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D-mark example,
292â293
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examples/description,
292â293
,
297â299
     Â
traditional futures vs.,
294â295
,
297â298
     Â
Wall Street changes with,
301â302
Daley, Richard M.,
305
Davis, John,
141
De Gaulle, President,
119
Debt monetization
     Â
ending gold standard and,
56â57
,
60
,
109
     Â
Johnson/Nixon and,
233
     Â
World War II and,
196â197
,
202â203
Debt service to DPI,
644
Debt (US)
     Â
after 1980,
4â5
,
61â62
,
277
,
327
,
642â644
     Â
business sector (1996â2008),
501â502
     Â
century before 1980,
4
     Â
consumer credit,
277
,
326
     Â
debt ceiling,
645
,
669â670
     Â
foreign banks and,
61
,
111
,
274â275
,
351
,
414
,
447â448
     Â
GDP comparisons,
4â5
,
372â373
     Â
growth (2002â2007),
18
,
275â276
     Â
household consumption/debt,
371â373
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Peak Debt/effects,
644â648
,
668â669
     Â
reduction recommendations,
710â711
     Â
World War II and,
199â200
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See also
Fiscal cliff
Debt zombies,
516
,
529â536
,
562
Defense spending
     Â
Afghanistan/Iraq wars and,
678
,
690
,
692â693
     Â
Bolton/Romney proposals,
554
     Â
conventional forces/imperial invasions,
71
,
76
,
77
,
78â80
,
86
,
216
,
688â689
,
692â693
     Â
fiscal cliff and,
680
,
681
,
692â693
     Â
recommendations,
710
     Â
societal costs with,
85â86
     Â
“twofer” belief,
85
     Â
See also specific individuals
;
specific wars
Defense spending (US/1980s)
     Â
conventional forces,
71
,
74â78
     Â
Eisenhower Minimum vs.,
84â86
,
216
     Â
lack of analysis/expertise,
71â73
     Â
myth on Soviet collapse and,
75
,
86
     Â
Soviet “nuclear capabilities” and,
70â71
,
72
,
74
,
75â76
,
83
     Â
wars of invasion and,
71
,
76
,
77
,
78â80
,
86
“Deficits don't matter,”
51
,
55
,
56
,
91
,
108
,
275
,
379
,
590
,
647
,
669
Dell Inc.,
354â355
Dell, Michael,
453
Deposit insurance
     Â
abolishing,
707
     Â
New Deal origins,
175â176
     Â
See also
Glass-Steagall
Derivative contracts beginnings,
312
Dex Media,
510â513
Dillon, Douglas
     Â
background,
20
,
245
,
318
     Â
gold standard and,
245â246
,
247
,
248
,
249
Dimon, Jamie,
668
Ditech online mortgage operation,
40
“Dividend stoppers,”
11
Dot-com bubble
     Â
collapse/aftermath,
66
,
340
,
342
,
345
,
355
,
361
,
362
,
363
     Â
M&A deals,
479â481
     Â
stock market/Greenspan and,
17
,
346
,
358â360
Douglas, Paul,
239
Draghi, Mario,
570
DRGs (diagnostic review groups) system/reform,
527â529
Dudley, Bill,
246
Dudley, William,
556
Eccles, Marriner,
189
,
190
,
206
,
207
,
497
Economic Stabilization Fund,
21
Economy (global)
     Â
monetary bubble,
702â705
     Â
nationalism (early 1900s),
142
,
145
     Â
postâWorld War I stabilization process,
146
Economy in Government Act (1933),
160â161
Economy (US)
     Â
agriculture (World War I/early 1900s),
151
,
179â180
     Â
autos/autos supply chain (1929â1932),
147
     Â
Fed favoring one percent,
653â656
     Â
fiscal gap statistics/future,
683â686
     Â
household leverage ratio changes,
642â644
     Â
manufacturing sector (2000â2012),
677â679
     Â
nationalism (early 1900s),
112
,
137
,
142
,
144
,
145
,
148
,
160
,
191â192
     Â
1914â1929,
137
,
138
,
145â147
,
179â180
     Â
ten-year budget baselines/forecasts and,
683
,
684â687
,
690
,
691â692
     Â
2002â2012,
66â67
,
682
     Â
See also specific components
;
specific events
;
specific individuals
Economy (US Main Street after financial crisis)
     Â
Bernanke reflation,
656â658
     Â
debt vs. productivity/earned income,
633
     Â
Fed/Wall Street vs. Main Street,
584â585
,
635
,
639
,
640
,
656â660
     Â
junk bond boom and,
658â660
     Â
lack of recovery,
631â632
,
640â641
,
668
     Â
99 percent vs.
1
percent,
649â653
     Â
overview (2009â2012),
631â632
     Â
retail sales,
649â652
     Â
“wealth effects” and,
631
,
633
,
634
,
637
,
649
,
652â653
     Â
See also
Jobs market
Ehrlichman, John,
114â115
,
116
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
     Â
administration,
20
     Â
background,
213
     Â
comparisons with successors,
213â219
,
233â234
     Â
conventional force vs. nuclear deterrence,
215â216
     Â
defense spending and,
76
,
84â86
,
215
,
216
     Â
farewell address/warning,
85
     Â
federal budget and,
218â219
,
221
,
229â232
     Â
fiscal stimulus refusal and,
128
,
195
,
223
,
224
     Â
fiscal success factors,
219â220
     Â
Heller's “new economics”/mistakes,
226â229
     Â
interest rates,
299
     Â
Korean War armistice and,
214
     Â
recession (1953â1954) and,
223â225
,
226
     Â
recession (1957â1958),
229â230
     Â
taxes and,
87
,
220â222
,
674
     Â
Truman's war budget/taxes and,
214â215
,
216
,
220
,
221â222
,
231
Eisenhower Minimum,
84â86
,
218
,
689â690
,
692
,
710
Election reforms
     Â
campaigns and,
672
,
673
,
707â708
     Â
incumbency and,
673
,
707
     Â
overview,
672â674
,
707â708
Electric vehicles/batteries
     Â
fuel efficiency/carbon footprint and,
603â604
,
607
     Â
incumbent companies,
602
     Â
stimulus (after 2008 financial crisis),
602â607
Elliot Capital,
663â664
Energy sector
     Â
black/green energy lobbies,
694â695
     Â
energy independence and,
694â695
     Â
problems overview,
694â695
     Â
See also
Green energy
;
specific companies