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mdj_131's review against another edition
3.0
An easy to digest book about money. Quick chapters with real life stories to get point across. Takeaways for me are each person has a vastly different experience with money, which will affect how they feel, spend, save, and invest money. Another take away is that you need to be patient with money just like many of the historical examples of people (Warren Buffett) that started saving money early and were patient ended up with the most wealth. I also agreed with the chapter about determining what is or how much is enough for you. Many people go into debt because they think they need to be a certain way or have certain things. Once you determine what is enough for you personally, you will live a better financial life.
stumpylegs's review against another edition
4.0
This book was really good until I got to the end with the optional part about how we got to this point with consumerism and how the US created a consumer. I think it's important to recognize that certain groups of people were left out of the incredible opportunities that were provided to the stereotypical white family and not to anyone else. I also think it would be interesting to understand how different racial groups think about money. Are there different psychological factors that come into play with the immigrant experience? How does that affect their/our relationship with money? How do marginalized communities think about and interact with their money? Perhaps another book can help answer those questions for me.
isaiah_the_bibliophile's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
lotuseater96's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Brilliant book that really captures the role of experiences and personalities in investing and in thinking about the economy and money in general.