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Synopsis
Making a difficult topic easier to comprehend, Heads Up Money offers big ideas, simply explained, for teen readers.
From the change in your pocket to online shopping, money is everywhere. Economics can't be ignored, and Heads Up Money explores the larger questions and concerns around it using clever graphics and engaging text.
Heads Up Money helps young readers make sense of the global marketplace, financial risks and gains, and free trade. With easy-to-understand explanations of economic theory, this introduction to a difficult and sometimes confusing subject is written with young readers in mind, and it is structured around key questions like "What is economics?," "Who is making the money?," and "What is the wage gap?"
In Heads Up Money, finances are explained with graphics and diagrams, covering theories and concepts from all areas of economics, including the market, supply and demand, industrialization and capitalism, multinationals, currencies, and more. Study what inflation is and what it means for an economy, figure out how stocks work, find out why we pay taxes, and learn why banks can't just print more money. Young readers will learn about money in ways that relate to their lives and personal finances with advice they can immediately put into practice, including saving money and learning how to save for the future.
Heads Up Money answers the fundamental basic questions of money and economics in an approachable and visible way for teens.
Synopsis
A perfect introduction for teens to the big questions of economics that makes these difficult topics easy to comprehend through infographics, fun images, and jargon-free text.
From the pocket change to online shopping, money is everywhere. Economics can't be ignored, and Heads Up Money helps children make sense of the global marketplace, financial risks and gains, and free trade. With easy-to-understand explanations of economic theory, this introductory resource is structured around key questions like "What is money?," "What is healthy competition?," and "What is the wage gap?"
Theories and concepts from all areas of economics are covered, including the market, supply and demand, industrialization and capitalism, multinationals, currencies, and more. Kids will even learn about money in ways that relate to their lives and personal finances with advice they can immediately put into practice, including saving money now in preparation for the future.
Heads Up Money answers the fundamental questions of money and economics in an approachable and visible way for teens.
Synopsis
Does money make the world go round? Can wealth buy happiness? What would happen if a bank simply printed more money?
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.