David Heyman

David C. Heyman, a grandfather of seven, had some concerns about today's children. They didn't understand money and how much their families could spend. He wrote "What Money Is and How We Spend It" to help educate and give perspective to young people.

David spent forty-three years practicing the medical specialty of anesthesiology in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Before that, he was a doctor in the U.S. Navy and was on the staff of a hospital in eastern Kentucky.

He now lives in Montoursville, Pennsylvania and enjoys writing realistic fiction.

Dr. Heyman realizes that doctors use jargon to speak with other doctors. When they use jargon to speak with patients, there is a lot of misunderstanding. The same is true for economists who communicate with words that sound like double-speak or gibberish to the uninitiated. The author uses cartoons, where an economist would use a graph. He uses basic vocabulary, and shuns esoteric terms. There are no long lists to memorize. The plot goes behind-the-scenes to show what a family ready to buy a new car feels and experiences.

The book deals with basics that are relevant to what a teenager needs to know about today's financial struggles.