With a lively graphic-novel style, presents practical economic concepts such as scarcity, supply, demand, taxes, interest rates, credit card payment, and loans by relating them to students' daily experience. Students will learn the implications of popular consumer slogans such as “why wait for payday?” and “low monthly payments” and explore what it means to be an informed consumer. The Way It Happened: A graphic novel presentation of a problem or issue related to economics. Check It Out: A regular opportunity for students to test and apply their understanding of economic concepts.

Includes index.

Chapter 1: Consumer 411 -- Chapter 2: Becoming a smart shopper -- Chapter 3: Money, money, money, money -- Chapter 4: Government and the economy -- Chapter 5: That's resourceful! -- Chapter 6: You, a producer? Yes! -- Chapter 7: A ride on the shadow side.