Zombie economics : a guide to personal finance / Lisa Desjardins, Rick Emerson ; additional material by Todd Werkhoven

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue. No one is coming to save you: an introduction to zombie economics. -- ch. 1. The zombie on the back porch: why opening that pile of bills will save your life -- ch. 2. Find all the weapons; block all the windows: know your true income ... and where it actually goes -- ch. 3. A basement full of ammo: save yourself by saving money -- ch. 4. Don't go in the graveyard: how and why to keep your job ... even if you hate it -- ch. 5. They'll eat the fat ones first: fitness as a financial asset -- ch. 6. Surviving the graveyard: making the best of our unemployment -- ch. 7. Shooting dad in the head: ending your relationships with the financially infected -- ch. 8. The trench: financial defenses that work whil you sleep -- ch. 9. With friends like these, who needs zombies? Avoiding scams, hucksters, and other financial predators -- ch. 10. Setting fire to the house: when you should (and shouldn't) declare bankruptcy -- ch. 11. Never give up, never give in: holding out for as long as it takes -- ch. 12. The famous final scene -- Epilogue. There is no cure: protecting yourself from future threats.