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A review by teelock
Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich--And Why Most Don't by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Donald J. Trump
5.0
In 2011, Publishers Weekly called Trump and Kiyosaki "the gold standard of the entrepreneurial spirit" and concluded it was "an impassioned argument for business self-actualization" despite focusing on big ideas instead of step-by-step plans. Kirkus Reviews, which also evaluated the book in 2011, noted that the two writers complemented one another but only found it to be an average entrepreneurial handbook and criticized its "political proselytizing."
In 2014, The Huffington Post writer Kimron Corion said Midas Touch was his second favorite book by Trump. The book inspired Australian entrepreneurs to create a real estate company named Midas Real Estate. In 2013, Casey Bond opined that the real value of the book came from the writers' experiences in a review for GOBankingRates.
In 2016, Trip Brennan was critical of Midas Touch in a review for The Intercept for its support of multi-level marketing, a practice he describes as a pyramid scheme in disguise, and for the way Trump and Kiyosaki discounted investment in mutual funds. BuzzFeed News wrote about the work during Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, contrasting the book's views on the changing American economy with Trump's statements from the campaign trail and criticizing the way his views on U.S. industrial jobs had changed. Business Insider also compared the work with Trump's 2016 campaign message, noting the book embraced immigrants but the Trump campaign was critical of illegal immigration from Mexico.
Sales of Trump's books rose during his 2016 presidential campaign and after his election, with Midas Touch being the third most popular.
In 2014, The Huffington Post writer Kimron Corion said Midas Touch was his second favorite book by Trump. The book inspired Australian entrepreneurs to create a real estate company named Midas Real Estate. In 2013, Casey Bond opined that the real value of the book came from the writers' experiences in a review for GOBankingRates.
In 2016, Trip Brennan was critical of Midas Touch in a review for The Intercept for its support of multi-level marketing, a practice he describes as a pyramid scheme in disguise, and for the way Trump and Kiyosaki discounted investment in mutual funds. BuzzFeed News wrote about the work during Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, contrasting the book's views on the changing American economy with Trump's statements from the campaign trail and criticizing the way his views on U.S. industrial jobs had changed. Business Insider also compared the work with Trump's 2016 campaign message, noting the book embraced immigrants but the Trump campaign was critical of illegal immigration from Mexico.
Sales of Trump's books rose during his 2016 presidential campaign and after his election, with Midas Touch being the third most popular.