To those who don't speak it the language of money can seem impenetrable and its ideas too complex to grasp. <i>How to Speak Money</i> is acclaimed writer John Lanchester's entertaining and informative attempt to bridge the gap between the money people and the rest of us.<div><br></div><div>With characteristic wit and candor ('wickedly funny' --Dwight Garner <i>New York Times</i>) Lanchester shows how the world of finance and economics really works--from the terms and conditions of your personal checking account to the evasions of bankers appearing in front of Congress. <i>How to Speak Money</i> reveals how the language of money is often a tool to conceal and mislead; he explains hundreds of common economic terms from GDP to the IMF amortization and securitization to collateralized debt obligation; and he argues that we all need to speak money lest those who do write the financial rules for themselves.</div>