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3 Money Books for Complete Beginners

If you have never read about money, read these three in this order: first how an economy works, then how a household works, then how one person builds leverage.

  1. Start here. A story that explains saving, credit and inflation in an afternoon.

    How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

    How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

    Peter D. Schiff & Andrew J. Schiff

    A fable about three islanders and a fishing net that explains saving, credit, inflation and bubbles without a single graph.

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  2. Moves from the island to your own balance sheet: assets, liabilities and habits.

    Rich Dad Poor Dad

    Rich Dad Poor Dad

    Robert T. Kiyosaki

    Two fathers, two money mindsets: one works for money, the other makes money work for him.

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  3. The modern layer: code, media and specific knowledge as leverage.

    The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

    The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

    Eric Jorgenson

    A collection of Naval's ideas on getting rich without getting lucky, and being happy without needing to.

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