Who is Your Money for?
The Boss Taught Me the Mystery of Money and How Society Works
#1 overall Amazon bestseller! The book is a must-read economic education novel for both adults and children!
"This is the kind of book I've always wanted to read! It changed my whole way of thinking about money."
"I read it in one sitting, and it was an eye-opener. I want my junior high school son to read it, too."
"A series of inspiring words. The last part of the book brought tears to my eyes."
The story explains the anxiety and questions about money in today's world, which we cannot ask nowadays, in a fun way!
- Will Japan go under due to debt?
- How can Japan survive with a declining birth rate?
- Which is better in the end, higher or lower prices?
- Why is the inequality gap widening?
- Saving money will not solve the problem of retirement funds.
- Why is the trade deficit "really bad"?
Not only income, investment, and savings.
The money class to enrich your life and society is now open!
Once you understand the "essence of money," you will have more options in life! No more worries about money!
The six mysteries will change the way you see the world!
- Synopsis of the story -
One heavy rainy day, Yuto, an eighth grader, enters a mysterious mansion with Nanami, an investment banker.
A wealthy man called "the boss" lives there and declares that he will give the house to the person who understands the actual value of this building.
From that day on, the boss began lecturing on "the true nature of money" and "how society works."
Overview
[Over 200,000 copies sold in Japan!]
This book is a coming-of-age "money" novel by a best-selling author formerly with Goldman Sachs. Children can also enjoy it! Adults will get educated! You will cry at the end of the story!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Mystery of Money 1 - Money Itself Has No Value
Chapter 2: Money Mystery 2 - Money Can Solve No Problem
Chapter 3: Money Mystery 3 - Saving Money Together is Meaningless
Chapter 4: Mystery of Inequality - There Are No Villains to Exterminate
Chapter 5: Mystery of Society - We Can Only Give Gifts to the Future
Final chapter: Last mystery - We Are Not Alone
Epilogue: The Love Arrived After Six Years
Author Profile
Author, Representative of "Okane no Mukou Kenkyujo"
Born in 1978, he graduated from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor's degree in engineering. Completed a master's degree at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology of the same university.
In 2003, he joined Goldman Sachs Japan Co. For the next 16 years, he traded Japanese government bonds, yen interest rate derivatives, long-term foreign exchange, etc. He was also involved in the Bank of Japan's interest rate index reform. He retired from Goldman Sachs in 2019.
He is the author of "There Are People on the Other Side of Money" (Diamond Inc.), a social studies textbook for high school students, "Public" (co-author, Kyoiku Tosho), and "New Money Stuff You Need to Know from Age 10" (supervisor, Natsumesha), among others.
As a social and financial educator, he also gives lectures on money to students and adults.
（Information is current at the time of publishing.）
