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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Hay House Catalog: Book Release date: 2004-03-01 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 144 Ean: 9781401902414 Book Isbn: 1401902413  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Anyone can write a book about how to get rich. The bookstores are full of them. They rarely work, though, which isn’t surprising since the people who write them rarely know much about money. But it takes Ben Stein, economist, finance expert for Barron’s, commentator on finance for Fox News, and (fairly) successful investor to write a book called How to Ruin Your Financial Life. Written with the same tongue-in-cheek cheekiness as his bestselling How to Ruin Your Life, this book is a humorous road map showing you how to make something useful of the money that comes in and out of your life. Follow the rules—in reverse gear—and you’re bound to be a lot better off than you are now. Follow the rules as they’re written—and you’re highly likely to wind up in bankruptcy court—as millions do every decade. Here are some of the rules, just to whet your appetite: Collect as Many Credit Cards as You Can and Use Them Frequently; Compete with Your Friends to See Who Can Own the Most Expensive and High-Status Possessions; Know in Your Gut That Only Suckers Work Hard for Money and That Smarties Like You Only Have to Find an Angle; Remember That Retirement Is a L-ooo-nnn-g Way Off, and Don’t Even Think about It Right Now; Bear in Mind That Only "Little People" Pay Their Bills or Taxes; Don’t Bother to Own Your Own Home Because Home Ownership Is a Hassle...and many more. This book is a laugh-out-loud way to educate yourself, your children, and your friends about how money really works...and a way to smile while you’re straightening out that mess you call your financial life. |
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 Written on April 30, 2006 Summary: Perhaps the Best Ten Bucks You Have Ever Spent Most people in the US could really use this book. So many people believe things about finances that are not true or they don't think about their finances at all. Anyway, Dr. Ben Stein will straighten the reader out with this excellent book (I hope). Dr. Stein uses a sarcastic approach to helping the reader see what he/she is doing wrong. I nearly split my side laughing about the late night infomercials. Stein hammers away at people for not saving money or charging up credit cards, etc. At the end of the book Dr. Stein tells the reader to save a portion of their income and buy index funds, annuities (which I wouldn't do), CD's, and good mutual funds. Ben Stein has a Ph.D in Economics, so I think we should take him seriously. How To Ruin Your Financial Life is a great book for students and for those who have just plain been getting kicked around by life. An excellent buy. Don't delay this purchase. Written on September 24, 2005 Summary: Maybe this'll get their attention...? I love Ben Stein: his books, his knowledge and wisdom, his vast range of experience, his articles in the NYTimes.... His style of communication has the capacity to touch a chord with a broad range of people. I've read most of his books, and enjoyed them all. This one is the second of three "tongue in cheek" volumes that I've had the pleasure to read. It's funny and quick to read, and makes some terrific points about flawed, short-sighted attitudes that I see all around me: "I'm always going to have money. Good things will always happen to me" (magical thinking). If you've ever heard or seen Ben, at times you can imagine his voice narrating a passage - and I would actually chuckle out loud at those times. (BTW, if an audio version of this book is ever made, Ben Stein must be the narrator.) Yes, the slim volume DRIPS with sarcasm, as was intended, but all of the points that are made in a series of very-short chapters (that flow from each other in logical fashion) are filled with solid money management information (if you would do the REVERSE, so as not to "ruin" your financial life!) - and the book should be required reading for every teenager and young adult. In fact, plenty of adults could benefit, as well, now that I think about it. It's rare that an educational volume is so funny (or that a humorous book is so educational!) The author is well-versed in the subject of finances and, in this book, manages to break the topic down into manageable and understandable elements so that the rest of us may also GET A CLUE. I originally bought the book for my 19-year-old son but then realized that the young single mothers at my workplace were struggling with most of the issues presented in the book, and needed it more than my son, so I merely left the book in the breakroom when I had finished reading it. It was "borrowed" by someone before the day was over! I hope it keeps circulating. Thanks, Ben, for another WINNER. Written on May 7, 2005 Summary: 55 principles to ensure your complete and utter ruin! Everyone makes mistakes with their money. We use it for foolish things, we spend too much, don't save enough, make dumb investments, and on and on it goes. Most of the time we try not to think about our mistakes and if we don't learn our lessons we end up making the same kinds of mistakes many times. So, sometimes it is good to get a reminder of all the kinds of mistakes we make and spend some time thinking about what we really should be doing to get our financial house in order. Ben Stein has written "How To Ruin Your Financial Life" in a gently humorous way that lets us see most clearly the foolishness of the decisions we excuse ourselves in making. By writing the book as 55 financial principles you can follow to ensure complete and utter ruin, it is easier for us to recognize ourselves as having done far too many of these idiotic things. I call them idiotic because you will find yourself saying, "What kind of idiot would do THAT!" and then you will remember that it was you (me). So, the learning will begin and things will get better when you do the opposite of everything in the book. For those that don't get it, the Afterword sets out the fundamental principles in a positive way. One of the problems with reading little books is that you can dash through them quickly. Don't! Spend time thinking about each of these principles. Better you should take one a day and really ponder it than try to swallow everything Mr. Stein is offering in one sitting. Getting control of your money is too important to leave to happenstance. Thanks, Mr. Stein! Written on November 14, 2004 Summary: A Book Needed in High School as a Must Read Considering the impending doom of the American financial situation in years to come, all High School students need to read this book to understand simple economics. One of the biggest complaints about Americans economically is that they don't save. Well Stein's virtually sarcastic way of telling you excactly how to ruin your life financially is amusing and direct such as "don't worry about maxing out your credit cards, you can always get another one and no one will foreclose because people really like you". Written in a way that teenagers will get the message and the humor, direct, short and sweet. This book is within a teenagers attention span, the smart ones will get the message in a few short chapters. Written on July 13, 2004 Summary: The perfect guide for those of us who make too much money I had a problem most Americans have: too much money and security. You name it, I had it. Stocks; bonds; mutual funds; CDs; an annuity, an IRA and Roth IRA. I even had several savings accounts to maximize the FDIC insured amount of $100,000. There seemed to be no end to the madness. I needed help and I needed it bad. One day after a meeting with one my financial advisors, I stumbled on to Ben Stein's "How To Ruin Your Financial Life." Reading it changed everything He pointed out that there is no better time than the present to spend, spend, spend wuthout hesitation! After all, my money does no one any good sitting in some dusty bank collecting interest. My assets were sold and my accounts were purged. Now my credit is shot, I have collection agencies calling me, the IRS is on my tail and I even have a lien on my remaining funds (I learned that the hard way when I tried to withdraw $20 from a local ATM.) Thanks, Ben Stein. Your guidance has definitely made my life more destitute but also more exciting. |
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| Release date | 2004-03-01 | 2005-12-01 | 2008-01-01 | 2006-08-01 | 2006-04-01 | 2003-08-01 |
| Media | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 144 | 400 | 256 | 240 | 200 | 119 |
| Ean | 9781401902414 | 9781401906160 | 9781401911256 | 9781401903176 | 9781561709755 | 9781401902407 |
| Book Isbn | 1401902413 | 1401906168 | 1401911250 | 1401903177 | 1561709751 | 1401902405 |
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