The Stock Exchange

After picking her way through the minefield of explaining Trade Unions Althea turns her attention to those bastions of the capitalist system. Stock Exchanges (there are four in Britain all able to be visited). She bravely attempts some difficult concepts: pension funds, life assurance, speculation, government bonds, jobbing, broking: but most children will need an adult on hand to expand. Nice to see some female faces in the illustration of this determinedly masculine world; one is seen buying shares from a broker, another is a high level accountant/financial analyst (in glasses!).