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Button Books
01 February 2024
Series: My World
Economics provides an easy-to-understand explanation for children about the economy, its impact on our daily lives and how it affects society.

Where does economics come from? Why do we use it? And how can it affect the world around us? As part of the My World series, Economics is a book designed to provide an easy-to-understand explanation about the complex world of economics that children may often hear about on news whenever the topics of 'inflation' and the 'rising cost of living' are mentioned.

This book concisely explains what basic economic ideas and theories are, how economic activity affects our everyday lives and how our societies and the wider world are shaped by its structures and rules. From car boots sales to large global businesses, this book explores how economic theories help to explain not only how we act as earners, savers and consumers, but also how places like schools and hospitals are run.

Accompanied by colourful and characterful illustrations, the subject of economics is regarded in the simplest, most objective way possible, so that children have all the information they need to understand the world around them and the role economics plays within it.

AGES: 8 plus

AUTHOR: Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababalà, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated several books published by Button Books including the award-winning and bestselling STEM series My First Book of Science.

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Introduces children to the fundamental economic theories in a clear, thought-provoking and fun way .

Characterful illustrations appropriate for the readership and subject matter .

Easy-to-follow, bite-size text .

Includes sections on the history of economics, how it impacts society and how economics influences or determines a person's quality of life .

From award-winning illustrator of the best-selling My First Book of Science series
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Imprint:   Button Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 249mm,  Width: 204mm, 
ISBN:   9781787081406
ISBN 10:   1787081400
Series:   My World
Pages:   56
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
Introduction 4 What is economics? 6 Surplus 7 Money 8 Coins 9 Trade 10 Banknotes 11 The gold standard 12 Trust 12 Printing money 13 Inflation and deflation 13 Currencies 14 Money is information 15 Cryptocurrency 15 Creating money out of nothing 16 Things we can do in a bank 20 Markets 22 Profits 22 What are things worth? 23 How market prices change 24 Competition and monopolies 25 Capitalism 26 Salaries 28 Income and expenses 28 Savings and debt 29 Countries 30 GDP 31 The role of the state 32 Multinationals and globalization 34 Investing 36 Investments 37 Shares 38 Bonds 40 Other investments 41 The stock exchange 42 Crisis and recession 46 1929 crash and the Great Depression 48 The tulip bubble 49 Poverty and inequality 50 Responsibility 52 Glossary 54

Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababalà, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications including, Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War? and Migrants. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain.

Reviews for Economics

"Another accessible piece of #nonfictionforkids and the next triumph in this fabulous series #economics by @eduardaltarriba provides an easy-to-understand explanation about the economy, how it affects society and the impact on our daily lives. From inflation to capitalism, it’s all explained and supported with impactful #illustrations The perfect introduction for inquisitive young readers @gmcpublications. * @bookgiftblogger * This is a pretty neat book for kids to learn the basic concepts of economics and how it affects our communities and society. It has easy to understand concepts of how economics affects our every day lives. It covers everything from yard sales to large global businesses and is pretty fascinating. This would be neat for kids interested or curious about economics for sure! * @booksgrowminds * In his usual fashion, Altarriba’s sequencing of topics explained is carefully considered so that each new subject (there are almost forty in all) segues logically into the next. With its wealth of infographics and illustrations children can discover such things as how money works, the things you can do in a bank, what happens in the stock exchange and much more. Altogether an excellent and illuminating introduction to a topic that is something of a mystery to all too many of us. -- Jill Bennett * Red Reading Hub * An ideal introduction to the concept and subject of economics and how it is relevant to their lives and the lives of their families, ""Economics"" by author/artist Eduard Altarribo is thoroughly 'kid friendly' in tone, organization, and presentation -- and very highly recommended for family home schooling curriculums, as well as elementary school, middle school, and community library Money/Finance collections. * Mid-West Book Review *"


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