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Summary: The World Needs a Children's Illustrated "Richest Man..."
Review: Learning early on that a part of everything i earn is mine to keep is a lesson for all ages -- so why can't i find an illustrated "Richest Man in Babylon" that i can read to my grandchildren?Is help on the way? Ted Leber tmleber1@earthlink.net
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Summary: Great for all ages!
Review: I just finished college and my dad's been helping me get started in mutual funds. He handed me this book (after he'd read it himself) and told me to read it. Worried it was just another dull, on-going investment book, I procrastinated... but when I finally started to read it, I was pleasantly surprised! It's very easy to read, fun, short, and to the point. My dad also made my mom read it, and he's planning on buying more copies to loan out to friends! It's really helped our whole family. If anyone out there is having a hard time getting a friend interested in mutual funds or any type of investing, this point will get the point across! Great deal for the money- and a great stocking stuffer!
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Summary: Simple truths.
Review: This book contains age old truths about money. In this time of easy (maybe too easy) credit and widespread debt problems the book has good info about how to acquire and manage money. There is also good practical advice about how to get out of debt. The best thing about the money acquisition plan is that anyone can put it into practice without becoming a miser. Everyone should read this but especially young people who are just starting out. I wish I would've got my hands on this at age 20. Well, better late than never!
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Summary: Inspired
Review: I have read literally hundreds of books on financial management, the stock market, investing, and economics in general, and quite simply, this is the most concise, most entertaining, and most useful book on how to get your finances together that has ever been published. Written in the form of a delightful series of parables set in ancient Babylon, the book dispenses timeless advice on how to get out of debt, how to save, how to budget, how to do better on the job, and how to invest for the future. An interesting sideline--George Clason published the first road atlas of the US back in the 1920's, but it is as the writer of this timeless book of personal financial advice that he is best remembered today. If you only read one book on the subject, it should be this one.
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Summary: Simple, Brief, Clear, and Loaded With¿..DIAMONDS & GOLD!
Review: In this easy to read and easy to understand book, you will find priceless, ageless advice for creating, building and maintaining wealth, woven into a wonderful story. This book will make for compelling, invaluable reading for anyone--men or women, boys or girls--from ages 10--109 for generations to come, with an eye for improving your financial standing in life. You will thoroughly enjoy reading it because it's a great story, and you will refer to it, and re-read it again and again for its usefulness. If only college investment textbooks could be this good! Apply the author's message to your life, and you will reap both monetary and spiritual rewards!
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Summary: This is the carved tablet! Choose it!
Review: After reading this book you will understand the title. This is the perfect gift for a graduate or anybody looking to seriously start saving. The chapters are short and concise and the stories are easy to follow and understand. While most of the morals of the stories are well-known, this book helps to point out the obvious. And in case you don't actually figure out the point of each story, there is a short summary at the end of each one. 'Richest' is a lot easier to read than most of the other books on similar topics and to think this one has been out longer! Definitely recommended and a great gift. Especially with all the talk about teens and college grads who are financially lost. Great way to start them off on he right financial foot.
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Summary: Especially Interesting and Relevant
Review: What can I say that hasn't already been said? This book is great. I've read many books on finance and investing, and just when I was getting jaded, this gem popped up. The title kept jumping out when I did on-line searches, and I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about. This book was written in 1926, and I guess that is what took me so long to buy it. I figured that times changed, and it would be out of date, only recommended as a "quaint" or "nostalgic" investing book. I couldn't have been more wrong. This book is as true today as it ever was, and the "parable" style of the book makes it way more interesting than most books on finance. It is a great introduction to saving, and makes a great read (regardless of your level of fiscal acuity). If you don't know where to turn financially, and don't understand how to "get ahead", do yourself a favor and read this book. If you take it to heart, it really will help! (One last thing, one other book written in the same era that is just as relevant and entertaining is "Where are the Customer's Yachts?")
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Summary: What? You haven't read this book yet?
Review: "A part of all I earn is mine to keep." Those famous words have been repeated over and over again since this book was first published in the 1920s. This book is something like 75+ years old now and it just keeps on selling. I'd like to get a slice out of this guy's royalty check. He's long dead by now, so his heirs are certainly happy. It seems like everyone who has a pulse has read this book at some point in their life. I read it every now and then. Can anyone give this book fewer than 5 stars? You would have to be awfully negative not to find something useful in this book. So, if you're reading this review, you must have heard about this book but never read it. Hmmmm, do yourself a huge favor and buy this book. In fact, don't just buy it and read it. Apply the principles in this book. Out of all the millions of people who have read this book, how many have applied its principles? Unfortunately, not very many. I read in a news article not too long ago that something like $347 million dollars per day is charged on credit cards in the United States. If you're going to use a credit card, you might as well buy this book. Okay, for the annoying part. Yes, it's written in that really ancient style, so it can be a bit hard to get through. It sounds much like a biblical parable which is I guess what the author intended. It does add a nice flavor to the book as opposed to that silly modern dumbed down style we're all used to in some financial books. I suppose if the book were written in modern style writing it just wouldn't have that "pearls of wisdom" tone to it. So, get used to the writing style. It's part of the package. One of the hallmarks of a really timeless book is how many other authors quote from it, recommend it and refer to it. I can't think of any financial book which doesn't advocate setting aside 10% of one's income each month or something along that line. Call it "pay yourself first" or whatever, but this author is widely credited for starting that whole concept many, many years ago. Everything since then is just an imitation. I'm giving this book 5 stars, well, because it's the classic book on becoming wealthy. It doesn't talk about investing strategies, how to get rich quick and all that stuff. This is a very basic, lay the foundation type financial book. Set aside money each money to compound and grow. Control your expenses, live below your means. You know the story. You've heard it all before. You may have heard it all before, but this is where it started.
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Summary: A timeless and enlightening guide
Review: I have owned a dog-eared copy of this classic for over twenty years and I read it at least once per year. Each time I find something profound that I somehow overlooked. Written in the style of ancient parables, this masterpiece should be shared with any young person about to embark on his/her first financial journey of earning and saving. Cutting through stuffy economic principles Clason lends good old fashioned horse sense to the mystery of accumulating wealth and security. I have made gifts of copies of this book to more people than I care to count and it has touched each one profoundly. Great company for a first paycheck!
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Summary: Key Advice for those who need it
Review: Sound advice delivered in a clear and simple style must be serving a need because this classic has sold over 2 million copies. I read it in an hour and you can too. Perhaps the people who would benefit the most are those afflicted by those terrible credit card debts. Clason has a workable system of getting out of debt and onto the gravy train. All you need is to learn the system and have the guts to make it work for you. Incidentally, I see some people think the advice and stories told here actuallly came from ancient texts uncovered in Babylon (al Hillah in Iraq). Nope, the advice comes from Clason himself and has been made more interesting by his literary device.
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