Personal Finance: Building Your Future (IRWIN FINANCE) - Softcover

Walker, Robert B.; Walker, Kristy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077861728 ISBN 13: 9780077861728

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2016

Synopsis

This new book offers students a comprehensive and engaging treatment of personal finance, while incorporating unique themes, an application-driven pedagogy, and a definitive action plan. Unlike other texts on the market, it offers a frank and timely discussion of living within one’s means and incorporating personal values and priorities into a personal financial plan. The intent is to help readers set priorities that guide their finances, rather than the other way around. This book establishes a path toward financial freedom that is less about accumulating wealth and more about building a future tailored to individual goals. With Walker/Walker, your future looks bright!

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About this title

About the Author:

Robert B. Walker Bob works at the University of Iowa, Tippie College of Business in the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, where he teaches students to pursue their passions and turn those passions into profit. He received his bachelors degree in philosophy from Miami University, an MBA from the University of Iowa, and a PhD from Iowa State University. He spent 18 years working in community banks before starting his own consulting practice. During this time, he was the Executive Director of the East Central Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Banking, a division of the American Bankers Association. He taught for nine years at Kirkwood Community College as Banking and Finance Coordinator and for five years at Mount Mercy University as Department Chair before returning to the University of Iowa, his Alma mater. Dr. Walker served on the Associates Degree Board of Commissioners for the Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP) and was actively involved in Kirkwood Community Colleges initial ACBSP accreditation. He was a Sam M. Walton fellow at Kirkwood Community College, starting the schools Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team and is currently lead Sam M. Walton Fellow for the University of Iowas Enactus team. He is also faculty adviser at the University of Iowa for the Sigma Nu Tau entrepreneurial honors society and I-Envision, the University

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0077861728
• ISBN 13: 9780077861728
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496