How Money Works: The Facts Visually Explained (How Things Work) - Couverture rigide

DK

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ISBN 10 : 024122599X ISBN 13 : 9780241225998

Editeur : DK, 2017

Synopsis

It makes the world go round, but money can truly be an enigma.

DK's visual approach breaks new ground. In graphics, charts, and diagrams, How Money Works demystifies processes and answers the hundreds of financial questions we all have.

Money facilitates the billions of transactions that take place every day across the globe. Using 'need to know' boxes, step-by-step diagrams, and other eye-catching visuals, How Money Works shows you how this is possible. It explains economic theories, how governments raise and control money, what goes on in the stock exchange, how analysts predict where shares are heading, and many other issues. It busts jargon, explaining terms such as quantitative easing, cash flow, bonds, superannuation, and the open market.

This must-have guide to money further features:

- Key financial concepts in a uniquely visual way, using bold infographics combined with simple, jargon-free language.
- Genuinely comprehensive, covering every aspect of money - personal, business, and governmental.
- Defines hundreds of money-related terms, such as cash flow, bonds, superannuation, and the open market.
- Offers essential basic know-how on everything from managing debt to online fraud.
- Fully up-to-date, covering topics such as cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, and others) and quantitative easing.
Includes localizable appendix of territory specific reference information.

Our forefathers may have used simple bartering to exchange goods and services, but today we depend on complicated financial instruments for pensions, life assurance, mortgages, and more. How Money Works explains how these work, as well as how to avoid on-line fraud and where to invest.

With information on the latest forms of funding and currencies such as Bitcoin, this comprehensive book will fast track you to financial literacy and getting the most from your hard-won cash.

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Get the answers to hundreds of financial questions with How Money Works, including how to invest for the future, how to maximise your income, how financial markets work, and how governments control money. Discover essential know-how on everything from debt management to online fraud, and learn to manage your own money from payments to pensions.

This intriguing guide breaks down the jargon of the financial world, with insights into personal, business, and governmental finance, and giving you the definitions to cash flow, bonds, superannuation, the open market, and hundreds more. Fully up-to-date with the latest financial developments, including quantitative easing and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, How Money Works is your indispensable guide to the world of money.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DK
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 024122599X
• ISBN 13: 9780241225998
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: DK; https://www.dk.com/us/; ; The Lego Group; Billund; Billund ; Dk7190; Danemark