How Money & Markets Really Work

In This Economy?

Kyla Scanlon

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In This Economy?

How Money & Markets Really Work

Written byKyla Scanlon

An illustrated, plain-language guide to how the economy works. Scanlon explains the forces behind prices, jobs and markets, and clears up common myths, using analogies and ideas from behavioural economics.

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  • Published2024
  • GenrePersonal finance
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  1. 01The economy is people

    Markets move on how people feel and behave, not only on numbers.

  2. 02Understand the big forces

    Interest rates, inflation and jobs are connected, and knowing how helps you make sense of the news.

  3. 03Question the myths

    Scary headlines, about national debt for example, are often more complicated than they sound.

  4. 04Feelings shape the economy

    How people expect things to go can change what actually happens.

  5. 05Knowledge brings calm

    When you understand what's going on, money news feels less frightening.

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