July 2023 MBR The Money/Finance Shelf

The Money/Finance Shelf

Money for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide
L. Randall Wray, author
Heske van Doornen, illustrator
Polity
www.politybooks.com
c/o John Wiley and Sons (dist.)
www.wiley.com
9781509554607, $59.95, HC, 144pp

https://www.amazon.com/Money-Beginners-Illustrated-Randall-Wray/dp/1509554602

Synopsis: Money can be (and often is) mysterious. We love it, we hate it, but few people can tell you what the heck it really is. Wouldn't it be good to clarify once and for all what is money?

With the publication of "Money for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide", Professor of Economics L. Randall Wray will help you understand both the way money works and how to leverage its power. "Money for Beginners take you on an illuminating journey from your piggy bank to the Federal Reserve -- and in plain English with no pesky jargon or complex math!

Once you see money clearly, life will never be the same. You'll know what really goes on in banks and what the cash in your wallet represents. You'll know how government really spends and why it can't run out of money. You'll know what money can actually do -- and how we can make it work for us.

Critique: Simply stated, "Money for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide" should be in every community, highschool, college, and university library Economics/Money/Finance instructional reference collections. Exceptionally well written, comprehensively informative, and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, it should be noted for personal reading lists that "Money for Beginners: An Illustrated Guide" is also available in a paperback edition (9781509554614, $14.95) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $12.00, 9781509554621).

Editorial Note #1: L. Randall Wray (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Randall_Wray) is a Professor of Economics at Bard College and Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute. His book "Making Money Work for Us" was also published by Polity in 2022.

Editorial Note #2: Heske Van Doornen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/heskevandoornen) is an economist, writer, and artist.

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