Depressed, scared, resigned — it's hard to pick an accurate description of the national mood when it comes to the economy these days.

But how about opportunistic, treasure-happy, or drunk? We've got those warm feelings and more in our brand new special issue, an ode to lost money.

We've got Mark Kingwell on diversifying your economy with money-inflected drinks and Bunny Crumpacker on some handy old ways of counting lucre. We have Kevin Phillips on bursting bubbles and Dana Thomas on bursting brands. Robin Hemley daydreams of Yamashita's Treasure, and Steve and Evie Levy daydream of capitalizing on the coming Rapture. And in a favorite essay from our very first issue, Robert Sullivan reminds us that many folks actuallly choose becoming "unrich"!

All of this issue's essays link from the money on our homepage, so come on over and grab some change or a dollar bill; we don't have much to spare, but we can promise greater rewards than your 401k.

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Articles in this Issue Introduction Economics, by Robert Sullivan A Nation Cannot Grow Rich by Fighting, by Henry Loomis Nelson Bad Money, Bursting Bubble, by Kevin Phillips Liquid Assets, by Mark Kingwell What's in the Bank These Days?, by Bunny Crumpacker The Cost of Counterfeiting, by Dana Thomas How to Profit from the Coming Rapture, by Steve and Evie Levy Auntie Blessy and Yamashita's Treasure, by Robin Hemley