From Barter to Bitcoin - The Crazy Evolution of Money

Fifteen-year-old Jennie Stockitt struggles to score well in her economics tests but a series of dreams come to her rescue. Jennies alter ego Drennie leads her on the journey from ancient barter through old and new commercial practices to modern-day blockchain cryptocurrencies and future-proofing. She wanders through concepts like supply and demand inflation opportunity cost and trade-offs. She learns about money value worth wealth and trade. And she solves crimes of fraud forgery and theft.This book is about so much more than money commerce finance and economics. It describes in amusing and accessible detail - without the use of confusing charts tables and graphs - the life-lessons the characters learn as they stumble across the facts fallacies scams and shams that exist in the world as we know it today.