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More Than Money: How Economic Inequality Affects EVERYTHING
No matter how rich or poor you are, economic inequality impacts every aspect of your life—the place where you live, the opportunities you experience, the healthcare you get, and the education you receive. More Than Money breaks down why the rich seem to be getting richer while the rest of us are struggling to just get by.
With vivid, energetic illustrations, the use of graphs and charts, and tips for how to investigate topics of interest, readers learn the most important issues and ideas in economics to better understand the consequences of inequality.
With vivid, energetic illustrations, the use of graphs and charts, and tips for how to investigate topics of interest, readers learn the most important issues and ideas in economics to better understand the consequences of inequality.
- GenresNonfiction
128 pages, Hardcover
Published November 1, 2022
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Hadley Dyer
26 books39 followersHadley Dyer is the author of Here So Far Away, Johnny Kellock Died Today, winner of the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award, and other acclaimed titles for children and young adults. She has worked in the children’s book industry for more than twenty years and for multiple organizations promoting the cause of literacy and reading, including CODE, IBBY Canada, and the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Raised in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, she now resides in Toronto.
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November 13, 2022
Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.
More Than Money is a thoughtful and very well written guide for upper middle grade through high school students (Lexile 1210) to start to think about and question the concepts of economic and social inequality and how it affects society. Released 13th Sept 2022 by the Annick Press, it's 128 pages and is available in hardcover and paperback formats.
Authors Nonstop ReaderHadley Dyer and Mitchell Bernard have done a wonderful job taking difficult ideas and breaking them down with graphs and common sense explanations into digestible, understandable concepts. Why are some people poor? Why do some people seem to get richer? How does that inequality relate to questions about ethnicity?
Graphically, it's very well laid out and accessible. Special points of interest are highlighted in colored text boxes. Graphs and charts are colorful and easy to understand (or as easy at it's possible to make them). The illustrations by Paul Gill are fun and appealing and add a lot to the read.
The book is heavily slanted to the USA although there are references and correlations to be drawn for readers from other places. There are some quite advanced social concepts covered in the book, and lots of discussion starters and good questions scattered throughout. The authors have included links to online resources for further learning. There's also an abbreviated glossary and index.
Five stars. This would be a good choice for public or school library acquisition, classroom use, and home library/reference.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
More Than Money is a thoughtful and very well written guide for upper middle grade through high school students (Lexile 1210) to start to think about and question the concepts of economic and social inequality and how it affects society. Released 13th Sept 2022 by the Annick Press, it's 128 pages and is available in hardcover and paperback formats.
Authors Nonstop ReaderHadley Dyer and Mitchell Bernard have done a wonderful job taking difficult ideas and breaking them down with graphs and common sense explanations into digestible, understandable concepts. Why are some people poor? Why do some people seem to get richer? How does that inequality relate to questions about ethnicity?
Graphically, it's very well laid out and accessible. Special points of interest are highlighted in colored text boxes. Graphs and charts are colorful and easy to understand (or as easy at it's possible to make them). The illustrations by Paul Gill are fun and appealing and add a lot to the read.
The book is heavily slanted to the USA although there are references and correlations to be drawn for readers from other places. There are some quite advanced social concepts covered in the book, and lots of discussion starters and good questions scattered throughout. The authors have included links to online resources for further learning. There's also an abbreviated glossary and index.
Five stars. This would be a good choice for public or school library acquisition, classroom use, and home library/reference.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes
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November 27, 2023The authors took on a massively important topic and did not shy from complex economic topics. The strengths I see in it are that
it does what it sets out to do,
it's technically correct,
it uses marginal content to highlight individuals and organizations working to reduce inequality,
it has several informative graphs,
and it asks important questions.
With 23 terms in the glossary (well chosen I think) it also introduces and flies past least a hundred other terms, or was that just a naive assumption that the reader would retain on a single exposure? Intergenerational mobility and intragenerational mobility, income class, wealth class, public good, social capital, GINI, income distribution level and wealth distribution level, pay gap, socioeconomic status, financialization, deregulation, mortgage, supply chain, automation, insurance, subsistence farming, egalitarian, OCED, taxes, gig economy, unionization, tax haven, marginal tax system, redlining.
Its listed on Amazon as for the 12-15 set, and I wouldn't expect anyone below those ages to hang in through the text. It is important content. May the adults be nearby to help the readers flesh out the meanings.
it does what it sets out to do,
it's technically correct,
it uses marginal content to highlight individuals and organizations working to reduce inequality,
it has several informative graphs,
and it asks important questions.
With 23 terms in the glossary (well chosen I think) it also introduces and flies past least a hundred other terms, or was that just a naive assumption that the reader would retain on a single exposure? Intergenerational mobility and intragenerational mobility, income class, wealth class, public good, social capital, GINI, income distribution level and wealth distribution level, pay gap, socioeconomic status, financialization, deregulation, mortgage, supply chain, automation, insurance, subsistence farming, egalitarian, OCED, taxes, gig economy, unionization, tax haven, marginal tax system, redlining.
Its listed on Amazon as for the 12-15 set, and I wouldn't expect anyone below those ages to hang in through the text. It is important content. May the adults be nearby to help the readers flesh out the meanings.
February 4, 2023
I didn’t like this book. If you want to get ahead, then get up off your butt and earn it. If you can’t afford to, or don’t want to, buy books, go to your local public library and borrow them… like I do… Glad I didn’t pay for a copy of this book. It didn’t offer much. I’m tired of the “It’s not fair!” mentality. Again, get up off your butt and earn it. Do what it takes, within legal and morally righteous ways. One last thing: If you choose to take college loans, pay them back yourself. Nobody forced you to go to college. Many people do quite well without ever going to college.
August 8, 2022
The book dissects why the rich get richer, why the rest of the world stays struggling, and all about economic inequality. I thought this book was very well written, I liked the graphs and charts, they really helped me understand the oodles of information the book was giving.
February 11, 2023
It was super informative but I just can never enjoy a nonfiction book.
March 10, 2023
Simple but helpful, written for younger readers (or teachers) but I still enjoyed the refresher.
April 18, 2026
Really excellent read for upper elementary through adult on this topic, good attempt at intersectionality
June 22, 2026
Amazing book for teens and young adults.
Speaks on all aspects of wealth, equality and government.
Speaks on all aspects of wealth, equality and government.
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