The book “Money Puzzles: On Critical Thinking and Financial Literacy” is a powerful and amazing way to train people in personal and professional financial literacy in a truly attractive and fun way.

The book has been, or is being, published in 11 countries: New Zealand, Singapore, USA, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Poland, Ukraine, India, China and Korea.

The book popularises effective critical thinking, problem solving and financial literacy. It is a collection of tricky practical puzzles dealing with money, a context that is based on real-life experiences, easy to understand and related to everyone. The puzzles are designed to both educate and entertain. The calculations in the book are easy: the readers need to know only the four basic arithmetic operations with whole numbers. The emphasis is on different ways of thinking, in particular, entrepreneurial, commercial, lateral thinking - going beyond the boundaries, strategic thinking for decision making, and other ways of thinking.

The book can motivate teenagers to get interested in finance and look at mathematics from another angle, be an enjoyable family activity, be an excellent brain gym for professional managers, and be the perfect way to keep the mind sharp for people in their golden years.

The book can help people to think more effectively, not just about mathematics or money but about other areas of life. The skills that can be gained from the book are very practical and will benefit everyone, no matter what they are doing. In particular, those skills can give the readers confidence in handling financial matters and help them to see business opportunities.This can lead to an enhancement of their entrepreneurial skills and an ability to think about creating their jobs by themselves rather than relying on the government or established enterprises. This is very important in a highly competitive economic environment.