Includes Index

UNIT ONE: MANAGING YOUR RESOURCES
Chapter 1: Unlimited Wants, Limited Resources
Chapter 2: How to Make Decisions
Chapter 3: Using Time Wisely
Chapter 4: Managing Your Money

UNIT TWO: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Chapter 5: How Economic Systems Work
Chapter 6: Our Private Enterprise System
Chapter 7: How the Market Works in Our Economy
Chapter 8: Evaluating Our Economic System

UNIT THREE: DOING BUSINESS IN A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY
Chapter 9: How Businesses Function
Chapter 10: How Businesses are Organized
Chapter 11: How Computers Affect Our Lives
Chapter 12: The Legal Environment for Business
Chapter 13: World Trade and Competition

UNIT FOUR: MAKING CONSUMER DECISIONS
Chapter 14: The Consumer in our Economy
Chapter 15: The Wise Shopper
Chapter 16: The Informed Consumer
Chapter 17: Protecting Your Consumer Rights

UNIT FIVE: GOVERNMENT AND LABOR IN A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
Chapter 18: Government and Business in Our Economy
Chapter 19: Government Spending
Chapter 20: The Taxes we Pay
Chapter 21: Organized Labor in our Economy

UNIT SIX: CHOOSING A CAREER
Chapter 22: Our Working World
Chapter 23: Selecting a Career
Chapter 24: Finding that Job

UNIT SEVEN: MONEY AND BANKING
Chapter 25: All About Money
Chapter 26: Banks and Banking
Chapter 27: The Checking Account
Chapter 28: Using Your Checking Account
Chapter 29: Other Forms of Payment

UNIT EIGHT: USING CREDIT WISELY
Chapter 30: Credit: A Promise to Pay
Chapter 31: Buying On Time
Chapter 32: Buying the Big Item
Chapter 33: Credit and the Law

UNIT NINE: SAVING AND INVESTING
Chapter 34: Putting Your Money to Work
Chapter 35: Your Savings Account
Chapter 36: Investing in Stocks and Bonds
Chapter 37: real Estates and other Investments

UNIT TEN: INSURING AGAINST LOSS
Chapter 38: Buying Protction
Chapter 39: Automobile Insurance
Chapter 40: Real Estate and Personal Property Insurance
Chapter 41: Protecting Your Income