As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card and all its benefits at dmpl.org/get-carded.

Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “In This Economy? How Money & Markets Really Work,” by Kyla Scanlon

Why you should read it: The bestseller, released this spring, breaks down everything you need to know about how money and the markets really work. It reveals the hidden forces that drive economic outcomes, discusses the myths to steer clear of and warns of the outdated assumptions that constrain our imagination when it comes to money. Using her trademark wit and insights, Kyla Scanlon delivers an illustrated handbook that offers a new path to building a prosperous society that works for all, not few.