Six chapters on the household’s money as a system: a one-page ledger, the order to pay debts and why order matters, a reserve sized to your household, cash in the house, hard assets, and more than one bank.

Each chapter is about 1,500 words, every figure is tied to a public source named at the end of the chapter, and each one closes with three things to do this week.

Foundation is the money system alone. If food and water matter too, the Household edition includes both. Every edition is a whole book; nothing is split across them, and you can move up later.

What you get

• Part One, Money, six chapters: the one-page household ledger; the debt ladder; sizing a cash reserve; cash on hand; hard assets; reducing single-institution exposure
• PDF, 6 by 9 inches, 46 pages, printable
• EPUB for phones, tablets, and e-readers
• Thirty-day refund, no reason needed