000434767 000__ 02594cam\a2200301\a\4500 000434767 001__ 434767 000434767 005__ 20210513152010.0 000434767 008__ 101122s2011\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000434767 010__ $$a 2010048096 000434767 020__ $$a9781583334270 (pbk.) 000434767 020__ $$a1583334270 (pbk.) 000434767 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn662405533 000434767 035__ $$a434767 000434767 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dZPX$$dOQX$$dXXWEL$$dBDX 000434767 049__ $$aISEA 000434767 05000 $$aHG179$$b.D484 2011 000434767 08200 $$a332.024$$222 000434767 1001_ $$aDesjardins, Lisa. 000434767 24510 $$aZombie economics :$$ba guide to personal finance /$$cLisa Desjardins and Rick Emerson ; additional material by Todd Werkhoven. 000434767 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAvery,$$c2011. 000434767 300__ $$a285 p. ;$$c23 cm. 000434767 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000434767 5050_ $$aPrologue. No one is coming to save you: an introduction to zombie economics. -- ch. 1. The zombie on the back porch: why opening that pile of bills will save your life -- ch. 2. Find all the weapons; block all the windows: know your true income ... and where it actually goes -- ch. 3. A basement full of ammo: save yourself by saving money -- ch. 4. Don't go in the graveyard: how and why to keep your job ... even if you hate it -- ch. 5. They'll eat the fat ones first: fitness as a financial asset -- ch. 6. Surviving the graveyard: making the best of our unemployment -- ch. 7. Shooting dad in the head: ending your relationships with the financially infected -- ch. 8. The trench: financial defenses that work whil you sleep -- ch. 9. With friends like these, who needs zombies? Avoiding scams, hucksters, and other financial predators -- ch. 10. Setting fire to the house: when you should (and shouldn't) declare bankruptcy -- ch. 11. Never give up, never give in: holding out for as long as it takes -- ch. 12. The famous final scene -- Epilogue. There is no cure: protecting yourself from future threats. 000434767 520__ $$a"If financial guides leave you perplexed (or comatose), you should read Zombie Economics instead. It's compelling, it's straightforward, and it can change your life. Zombie Economics is for anyone in the midst of financial uncertainty, a place where carelessness and timidity will cost you. From the creeping spread of unpaid bills to the lumbering advance of creditors, Zombie Economics confronts the biggest threats to your personal economy, takes aim, and then takes them down." --Publisher. 000434767 650_0 $$aFinance, Personal. 000434767 7001_ $$aEmerson, Rick. 000434767 7001_ $$aWerkhoven, Todd. 000434767 85200 $$bgen$$hHG179$$i.D484$$i2011 000434767 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010048096-d.html 000434767 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:434767$$pGLOBAL_SET 000434767 980__ $$aBIB 000434767 980__ $$aBOOK