Field Guide Sample Pages

Here are ten pages from The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy, one from each chapter. They’re in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf), so you’ll need to have Acrobat or Acrobat Reader on your computer to look at them.

CEO Pay
How much do they make? (133kb)
Rising Retirement Risk
Workers who put in their time have less to look forward to in the future. (164 kb)
Glass Ceilings
Women still face hurdles that men don’t. (79 kb)
Who’s Raising the Kids?
The next generation will be more diverse than the last. (120 kb)
How Big is Government?
Sizing up the government relative to the rest of the economy. (144 kb)
Bare Cupboards
Hunger is still a problem in the US. (62 kb)
Hey, Big Spender
The US outspends the world on healthcare. (174 kb)
Upper-Class Benefit Analysis
The poorer you are, the higher your risk of exposure to pollution. (66 kb)
GDP is Misleading
There are significant drawbacks to the normal measure of economic wellbeing. (69 kb)
Hot Money
Short-term international investments are more common — and more dangerous. (95 kb)

The Cartoons!

Half the fun of writing the book was finding all the cartoons to include (one for each page) and the samples above don’t reveal the wide range of artists who contributed work. We are extremely proud that the pages of the Field Guide are graced with so much terrific art (more than 40 different artists from four continents), and we have samples of some below. We encourage you to check out the websites of the following contributors:

Corrections

In spite of our best efforts, we are sure that some mistakes have probably slipped through the process and into the book. If you notice something that seems incorrect, please let us know. We will be posting corrections here.

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