How Money Works

Get the answers to hundreds of your financial questions in this user-friendly, visual guide to the world of money. Find out how to invest for your future, the best way to maximise your income, how governments control money, and what financial markets do. Discover essential know-how on everything from debt management to online fraud, and learn to manage your own money from payments to pensions. How Money Works breaks down the financial world - with chapters on personal, business, and government finance - and defines the terms you need to know such as cash flow, bonds, and superannuation. Fully up-to-date with the latest financial developments, including quantitative easing and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, the book's jargon-free text and bold visual explanations make even the most complex concepts immediately accessible. If you want to know where money comes from, what the difference is between wealth and income, when debt is a good thing, or how money really does make the world go round, then this indispensible guide is for you. It shows you everything you need to know about the modern financial system.