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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
The importance of saving, spending, and giving donations to charity is explained through the eyes of Sam and Josie when they receive their allowances in Save. Flat, digitally prepared cartoons and graphic endnotes enliven all three narratives and make the explanations more concrete for children.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
"Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life--from...
Author
Publisher
Ramsey Press
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Household debt is at an all-time high, and every day people--just like you--are feeling more cynical and hopeless about their financial futures. It's time to stop believing countless lies from a system designed to take your money--lies like student loans are the golden ticket to a good-paying job, car payments are just part of life, and that you need to have a credit card.Ramsey Personality and personal finance expert George Kamel shares his story...
Author
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Federal Reserve, revealing how the American government has used the Reserve as a way to deceive taxpayers and control the global economy and explaining how the Reserve influences the flow of money between citizens, businesses, banks, and the government.
45) A billion bootstraps: microcredit, barefoot banking, and the business solution for ending poverty
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
xiii, 224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Argues that economical trends cannot be predicted as much as thought, mainly because humans are so unpredictable, and reveals how behavioral economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building.
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Revised edition, first edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Poised to become an enduring classic, this book is an intelligent and easy-to-read look at the basics of national and individual economics--information every citizen must know.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The international monetary system has collapsed three times in the past hundred years, in 1914, 1939, and 1971. Each collapse was followed by a period of tumult: war, civil unrest, or significant damage to the stability of the global economy. Now James Rickards, the acclaimed author of Currency Wars, shows why another collapse is rapidly approaching--and why this time, nothing less than the institution of money itself is at risk. The American dollar...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses how the practice of using coins and paper money evolved and explains the circle money travels as it is earned, saved, and spent.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xv, 288 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on a mix of economic history, network science, and sociology, "Currency Wars" provides a rich understanding of the increasing threats to U.S. national security, from dollar devaluation to collapse in the European periphery, failed states in Africa, Chinese neomercantilism, Russian adventurism, and the current scramble for gold.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Pub
Pub. Date
c[2011]
Physical Desc
216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With his trademark candor and charisma, Trump reveals his hard-line, commonsense solutions to the problems plaguing us today and shows how we can put our country back on the path to greatness.
59) The age of cryptocurrency: how Bitcoin and digital money are challenging the global economic order
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey explore how Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world's billions of "unbanked" individuals into a new global economy."--
60) End the Fed
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The author draws on American history, economics and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Federal Reserve is both corrupt and unconstitutional, inflating currency and threatening to put us into an inflationary depression. He also tells us where we went wrong and what we need to do fix America's economic policy for future generations.
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