Download or read book The 21st Century Student's Guide to Financial Literacy written by Susan Mulcaire and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 17 classroom-ready lessons in commerce, business, entrepreneurism, and innovation. Students build a vocabulary of over 200 financial terms and concepts, and familiarity with key institutions of global commerce. Students gain proficiency in "big picture" financial literacy topics including barter and trade, the evolution of money, the rise of capitalism, currency, venture capital, startups, intellectual property, securities and stock markets, wealth disparity, and global free trade agreements. They will understand the roles of such powerful institutions as the SEC, USPTO, Federal Reserve Bank, IMF, World Bank, World Trade Organization, G7, G20, and the Eurozone.