Spending Money

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Pub. Date: 2010-09-01
Publisher(s): Mason Crest
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Summary

When you work for a paycheck or do chores around the house to get an allowance from your parents, you're exchanging the value of your time for money. Thinking of money as the time you spent working to earn it can help you understand the value of your time, your money, and the things you buy with it.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 6
Spending Money: What's Really Going On?p. 8
What's Money?p. 10
Be a Wise Spenderp. 12
The Enemies of Wise Spendingp. 14
Advertisingp. 16
Impulse Buyingp. 18
Shopping for Entertainmentp. 20
Last-Minute Shoppingp. 22
Mall Shoppingp. 24
Smart Spending Tips: Shop the Salesp. 26
Smart Spending Tips: Cheaper Entertainmentp. 28
Smart Spending Tips: Use the Internetp. 30
Keeping a Money Diaryp. 32
Making a Budgetp. 34
Cash, Check, or Credit?p. 36
Checksp. 38
Debit Cardsp. 40
Keeping Track of Your Checking Accountp. 42
Creditp. 44
More About Credit and Spendingp. 46
The Good Things About Creditp. 48
The Bad Things About Creditp. 50
Keep an Eye on Inflationp. 52
s Why Be a Wise Spender?p. 54
Here's What You Need to Rememberp. 57
Words You Need to Knowp. 58
Further Readingp. 60
Find Out More on the Internetp. 61
Indexp. 62
Photo Creditsp. 63
About the Author and Consultantp. 64
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