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The Education Myth questions the idea that education represents the best, if not the only, way for Americans to access economic opportunity. As Jon Shelton shows, linking education to economic well-being was not politically inevitable. In the 18th and 19th centuries, for instance, public education was championed as a way to help citizens learn how to participate in a democracy. By the 1930s, public education, along with union rights and social security, formed an important component of a broad-based fight for social democracy.

In this instant Amazon-bestselling guide to entrepreneurship and personal finance, teen entrepreneur Nathan Sykes pulls back the curtain on the same journey he's using to attempt the impossible - retiring before 25 years old; younger than 99 percent of the population. In Retire Before College, Sykes shares how high school and college students can transform the way they think about entrepreneurship.

This is the program of the one percent! First surfacing in 1974 from underground sources, The Occult Technology of Power is a blueprint, distilling the esoteric doctrines and technics of the global elite. These initiatory lessons from a cadre of technocrats, is now available with a never before collected appendix of revelatory information. The publisher assumes no responsibility for those who use this book to expose those in control - or to join them.

Four teenage boys are high school seniors at two very different schools within the city of Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the nation with nearly 700,000 students. In this “exceptional work of investigative journalism…laced with compassion, insight, and humor” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Jeff Hobbs stunningly captures the challenges and triumphs of being a young person confronting the future — both their own and the cultures in which they live — in contemporary America.

Describes what stock ownership means, and how the stock market works.

Teaching kids about money isn't easy. So let Scott Pape, the Barefoot Investor, do it for you! Scott takes them on an epic, thrilling money ADVENTURE - with fun projects, inspiring stories from 45 kids, rewards and real-life stickers. It's easily the most unique finance book ever written. Kids will roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, and learn the value of a buck the old-fashioned way.

Jamie Merisotis, author of the award-winning 2016 book America Needs Talent, argues that people will coexist with smart machines by learning, earning, and serving others over their lifetimes. But Merisotis asserts large-scale change is necessary to develop and hone the knowledge, skills, and abilities that render us uniquely human. These qualities include compassion, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and interpersonal communication.

This book is different. Why? Because in short, bite-size chapters I will show you how the asset management industry works. Most other books on asset management focus on portfolio management. I will instead show you a 360-degree view of the industry, covering topics including: the industry's main asset managers, who the main types of clients are, and most importantly, how people within the money management industry look at themselves.

Covering diversity and equality, globalization, human rights, modern urban living and the role of work and institutions, The Sociology Book looks at the big questions of how we cooperate: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, co-workers, and rivals?

After decades of off-shoring, downsizing, shuttered factories, and stranded blue collar workers, the United States is on the edge of an industrial renaissance. This is news that would have seemed beyond improbable even a decade ago, but companies like Motorola Mobility, Apple, BMW, Bosch, and Volkswagen are opening plants and committing millions of dollars to build new products here.

Say goodbye to scratching your head in confusion. This bookkeeping audiobook could be the answer you're looking for... This audiobook is intended for people who want to know something about the fundamentals of bookkeeping without necessarily becoming a certified bookkeeper. Many people are in this position; small business owners, employers, employees, business owners, stockholders, investors, and many, many more. Most of these folks do not need a deep understanding of bookkeeping; they just need to learn what bookkeeping is and how they should be using it. Just as important, they need to understand what bookkeepers and accountants are talking about in their reports. They must learn the vocabulary and the most important terms. If you are one of those, you have found the right book for you. As an added bonus, the book contains a section for business taxes. Included is also a step-by-step guide to preparing W-2 forms and the information needed for those.

Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car...to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the city to a different university to teach another, wholly different class. All for a paycheck that, once prep and grading are factored in, barely reaches minimum wage.

Are you sitting at home dreaming of a better future? Of course, everyone does that, but most don’t bother to get off their sofa and take action. But you’re different, right? You want to live an extraordinary life and be financially secure. You’ve come to the right place! A Teenager’s Guide on How to Get Rich is your one-stop guide to precisely what it says on the tin: learning how to line your bank account with cash and be comfortable for the rest of your days. After all, anyone can become rich.

This audiobook provides a small business scenario using a lemonade stand. Topics discussed include capital, gross profit, net profit, marketing, supply and demand, monopoly, and competition.

This audiobook describes how people pay for the things they buy by writing a check, paying with a debit card, paying with a credit card, and paying with cash withdrawn from an ATM.

Let us help you make your learning more efficient and effective. What will you get from this series from C.R. Wesley? Convenience. Efficiency. Information. Knowledge. Action. In this secondary literature in the Real Estate Knowledge Series, we will now become investors! You have previously learned how to acquire your first home with down payment assistance and now it is time for your second property!

Rethink Money for Children and Teens provides the tools needed to create more, save more, and grow more money, allowing children and teens to do what they love while giving back and contributing to others who are less fortunate. Our goal is to empower children and teens to lead extraordinary lives starting with mastering money. This book you hold in your hands will help us to achieve this, by allowing the child or teen in your life access to these life-changing skills

This book covers the adjusting journal process of financial accounting and the creation of financial statements, the creation of financial statements being the end goal of financial accounting, the product that the financial accounting system is designed to produce. Financial statements are the primary tool decision-makers use when making financial decisions. Financial statements are the preferred format for financial data to be compiled.

Are you ready to quit the rat race job and live a free life? Do you feel you overloaded by your office work? Do you want to change the state of things by starting your own business? This book will provide you a set of proven techniques which can help you to start a business from scratch and achieve financial freedom by turning your dreams to reality.

Part biography, part business how-to, and fully empowering, this audiobook is the perfect gift for future entrepreneurs...because you're never too young to dream BIG! With colorful portraits, fun interviews, and DIY tips, Girls Who Run the World features the success stories of 31 leading ladies today of companies like Rent the Runway, PopSugar, and SoulCycle.