Abstract
According to Karl Poehl, "Americans are always worried about economic trends, suggesting that it is something of a national neurosis” (Poehl, 2002). This brief article attempts to address that neurosis. This is EDIS document FE370, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published February 2003.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe370
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