The essential guide for managing your finances in the wake of COVID-19, and how to turn a recession into an opportunity.

Australia hasn’t had a recession in 30 years - so how can you recover from it? The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the global economy into chaos and the stock market on a wild roller-coaster ride.

But what about your finances? Whether you’ve lost on shares, your property or your job, this is a frightening time for everyone. Getting the money stuff right has never been more important.

Money Basics for Tough Times is about having a plan to recover from financial disaster. Through his tips and strategies on money management, from negotiating with your landlord to buying groceries on a shoestring budget to investing in crashing markets to starting a side hustle for extra income, pioneering consumer finance journalist David Koch offers Australians hope in an unprecedented era by taking things back to basics.

This is a clear, comforting, concise guide for how individuals and families, despite economic hardship and uncertainty, can turn their fortunes around.