Money power

Looks at how the United States Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, banks, businesses, and individual people work to protect the money for which they are responsible.

Discusses what banks do and explains how people can use checking accounts, debit and credit cards, travelers' checks, and electronic transfers to pay for things instead of using cash.

Explains how people can use checking accounts, debit and credit cards, travelers' checks, and electronic funds transfers to pay for goods and services.

Looks at how the United States Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, banks, businesses, and individual people work to protect the money for which they are responsible.

Uses a question and answer format to provide information and advice about investing through the mutual-fund system, discussing the basics of what mutual funds are, and looking at specific issues, such as short and long-term strategies, tracking investments, and taxation.

Details realistic methods for building a financial life with mutual funds, CDs, stocks, bonds, and other investment options, and offers advice on budgeting, teaching children the value of money, and retirement planning.

Examines the history of money, looking at the system of bartering, and tracing the development of coins and paper currency.

Discusses currency used around the world, featuring the money of the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and China.

Describes the steps involved in minting coins and paper money, and touches on the topics of coin collecting and deterring counterfeiters.

Reveals the history of money in the United States, from the wampum and foreign coins used by colonists, to the new paper money designed to be difficult to counterfeit and the quarters honoring the states.