Um_2_4 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Looking for reading books for DS13 about history of money, some basic economics. We have done some basic econ stuff like you would find in workbooks: loans, interest, taxes, price comparison, supply/demand (farm, manufacturing examples and the like). But DS is interested in history of paper money, how paper money is valued, what does a deficit mean, what are subsidies, how market prices are set on commodities, etc. Any recommendations? Preferably books that are not heavily leaning to one side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaCarter Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Whatever happened to penny candy is a good place to start. After that I only know of good Austrian stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) I had that. I was looking for something a bit meatier. I found this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0756637627/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2QVWT0ESGUXPH It seems to have some info, but a bit more graphics based than I was looking for. I also just found this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0810988399/ref=crt_ewc_title_huc_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1F7NVSFGK0J1R any reviews on those? Edited January 25, 2017 by Um_2_4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I had that. I was looking for something a bit meatier. I found this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0756637627/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2QVWT0ESGUXPH It seems to have some info, but a bit more graphics based than I was looking for. I also just found this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0810988399/ref=crt_ewc_title_huc_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1F7NVSFGK0J1R any reviews on those? We've had the first one from the library. It's definitely a bit younger than 13 yo. More like 8-10. Of course, like any subject, if you don't know much, it's an appealing place to start and good for any age. That's the nice thing about children's DK books... but since he's already done some reading, I'm guessing it's not worth buying. I don't know the second one. I've struggled to find much about economics for the tween set, honestly. Since I'm sure more people will mention the Penny Candy series, I'll just say that when I looked at those, I found them to be way too biased for use here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Thanks Farrar! I went ahead and ordered both to add to my library. DS liked the preview of the second one. I'll try to remember to come back and leave a review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 We used the second one and I really like it! We live next to one of the top economics departments in the country and it was really important to me that the ideas my child was getting about economics were main stream enough that he could talk with people getting advanced degrees in economics from a reputable university. How about the BBC movie series The Ascent of Money? It is interesting but not too long. (DH thought it moved too slowly; he thinks that about all documentaries.) Emily 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Thanks, he loves documentaries! I hadn't thought of looking for one on this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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