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Overview
Find out the answers to these questions and much more in Heads Up Money. Using real-life scenarios, you will learn abou a variety of topics including supply and demand, free trade, globalization, and financial crises. Packed with colorful graphics and easy-to-follow text, this indispensable book will help you understand money and the role it plays in our world.
This comprehensive volume also explores international financial institutions, ethical trade, and how to run an efficient and successsful business. Whether you're analyzing the global marketplace, studying booming market trends and how to make use of them, calculating hidden costs, or deciding between investing, spending, or saving, Heads Up Money will help you navigate the tricky waters of economics and financial planning.
Written by renowned author Marcus Weeks in consultation with Derek Braddon, Professor of Economics at UWE Briston Business School, this book is the perfect introduction to the world of money and finance for teenagers and young adults.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781465465849 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | DK |
| Publication date: | 03/09/2017 |
| Series: | DK Heads UP |
| Sold by: | Penguin Group |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 160 |
| File size: | 171 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
| Age Range: | 10 - 14 Years |
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Table of Contents
A World of Money 06
What do Economists Do? 08
Show me the Money
What is Money? 12
On the Market 14
Keeping up with Currency 16
Fair Exchange 18
Where did the Money go? 20
In Focus: Cryptocurrencies 22
Making sence of Economics 24
Money and economics in Practice 26
What's it Worth?
The Economic Problem 30
Who gets What? 32
In Focus: Ethical Trade 34
Goods and Services 36
Supply and Demand 38
Why are some things more Valuable? 40
A hive of Industry 42
In Focus: Public Companies 44
Healthy Competition? 46
Who's in Charge? 48
How Businesses operate 50
Running an Efficient business 52
In Focus: Cooperative Movements 54
Going to Work 56
Big spenders 58
Resources and businesses in Practice 60
Does money make the World go Round?
Let well enough Alone 64
Free Trade 66
It's a Small World 68
Economic UPS and Downs 70
In Focus: Economic Bubbles 72
When markets don't Do Their Job 74
A taxing Problem 76
What does the Future hold? 78
A Risky business 80
An informed Gamble 82
In Focus: Hyperinflation 84
Is greed Good? 86
Making the Right decision 88
In Focus: Financial Crisis of 2007-8 90
Costing the Earth 92
Markets and trade in Practice 94
Can money buy Happiness?
Measuring a country's Wealth 98
Who's providing the Money? 100
Making Money out of thin air 102
Why are some countries Poor? 104
In Focus: International Financial Institutions 106
Who benefits from Globalization? 108
The Poverty problem 110
Helping the Developing World 112
In Focus: Providing Energy 114
Payback time! 116
The Wage gap 118
Living standards and inequality in Practice 120
What's in my Pocket?
Finding a Balance 124
Earning a Living 126
A Safe place for my money 128
Do you Really need that? 130
Looking after the Pennies 132
Buy now, pay Later? 134
In Focus: The Rate for the Job 136
How would you like to Pay? 138
Travel Money 140
For a Rainy day… 142
Making Plans 144
Personal finances in Practice 146
Directory of economists 148
Glossary 152
Index and Acknowledgments 156