InformationalArticlePAIREDREADCashIsHeretoStayBYANDREWGUNNMONEYCHANGESSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:Stockbyte/PunchStock**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,918**ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:Author’sPointofViewVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyavailable,basically,factors,fluctuate,formula,inventory,manufactured,salariesContentStandardsSocialStudiesEconomicsCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118577-1MHID:0-02-118577-8PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110BYANDREWGUNNMONEYCHANGESEssentialQuestionWhatfactorsinfluencehowpeopleusemoney?Stockbyte/PunchStockPAIREDREADIntroduction................................2Chapter1MoneyBeforetheDigitalAge...............4Chapter2ElectronicMoney............................8Chapter3MoneyintheFuture........................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading........................18CashIsHeretoStay.............19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonSocialStudies....................24INTRODUCTIONImagineanewwayofpayingforgroceries.Youwalkintoastore,chooseyouritems,andthensimplywalkoutthedoor.Youdon’tpassthroughacheckout.Youdon’thandovercashoracreditcard.Yettheemployeesgiveyouacheerywaveasyouleave.Why?Youhave,infact,paidforyourgoods.Andyoudidn’thavetodoathing.Believeitornot,thisispossible.Wouldyouwanttoshopthisway?Woulditaffecthowyoushopped?Whatmightsomeadvantagesanddisadvantagesbe?2Supermarketsmightnotneedcheckoutsinthefuture.Thewaywepayforthingshasc...
