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Explains what an economy is and how it works, discussing different types of economies at work in various countries around the world, looking at what money is used around the world, and including case studies, photographs, charts, diagrams, and quiz questions.

Presents an introduction to economics, including information on competitive markets, individual initiatives, economic progress, and the role of limited government, as well as a guide to the twelve essential elements of practical personal finance.

This book explores the different kinds of economic systems that have existed in the past and those that currently hold sway today throughout the world subsistence, barter, gift, market, command, planned, mixed, and Internet economies and analyzes each ones relationship to the three criteria of production, ownership, and government control.

Examines the social, political, and environmental damage caused by free markets and the exploitation of resources for the sake of the commoditization of every aspect of the market, and argues that new strategies that benefit all of humanity are the key to a successful countermovement.

"Do your kids know how the free market works? Ethan and Emily Tuttle have grown up taking for granted the many things they use: clothes, cars, homes, backpacks--even something as simple as a pencil.