Tuttle Twins and the Messed up Market

Now that they’ve made some money, Ethan and Emily Tuttle begin to wonder how they can put it to good use and earn even more.

So the idea of a Children’s Entrepreneur Market is born, which can help them find other kids who might want to borrow their money to build their small business.

But as the twins soon learn—thanks to the ideas from Human Action by Ludwig von Mises—this is risky business. People have different incentives for why they make the choices they do, and certain choices can cause their market to become messed up!

Families will love the big ideas discussed in this book around entrepreneurship, free markets, incentives, risks, interest, trade-offs, and the study of human action. It will level up your family dinner discussions!

• Why don’t banks just let people borrow money for free?
• What is wrong with bailing out people who made poor choices?
• Are there things for which you seek instant gratification?
• What type of microenterprise can you start?
• What incentives do you have to make money?