The Let's Chat Books series is an illustrated collection of familiar stories introducing basic principles. These books provide a framework for elementary-age children and their parents, grandparents and teachers to discuss important topics and create a foundation for lifelong conversations.

Let's Chat About Economics introduces more than two dozen economic principles through everyday stories including a trip to the grocery store, planning a family vacation and having a yard sale. From an early age, children can learn to use supply and demand and other economic principles when choosing how to spend their time or money. 

Let’s Chat About Democracy is an enthusiastic and patriotic story infused with more than 30 terms for both children and adults beginning with Memorial Day and ending on Independence Day. Develop a deeper appreciation and understanding for our country's democratic government in a treehouse adventure where friends explore monarchy, anarchy, dictatorship and communism only to find that these options lack freedom and choice.

Let’s Chat Books in the News!

Michelle A. Balconi

AUTHOR

Michelle Balconi is a writer and speaker focused on creating connections between children and adults through economics and democracy. Her Let's Chat Books series with Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dr. Arthur Laffer provides a framework for family discussions on important topics through familiar stories to establish lifelong conversations. Before writing, Michelle worked in communications for 15 years alongside technology engineers and investors introducing cutting-edge, first-to-market products. Michelle grew up in Florida, has spent many years in Michigan and California and now lives with her family in the South Shore of Massachusetts.

Arthur B. Laffer, Ph.D.

AUTHOR

Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019,  is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research firm focusing on interconnecting macroeconomic, political and demographic changes. Dr. Laffer was a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board (1981 - 1989) and was noted in TIME magazine's 1999 cover story as "One of the Century's Greatest Minds." Dr. Laffer is well known for the Laffer Curve, an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will result in maximum tax revenue for governments. In addition to writing and speaking about economics, Dr. Laffer enjoys spending as much time as possible with his growing family on their farm where they explore nature and raise animals of many types.