A hard-hitting look at achieving financial freedom by avoiding
excessive borrowing and spending
If you don’t actively resist America’s culture of debt, you’ll
end up precisely where the government, banks, and big business want
you to be: indentured servitude. The mistakes people make with
their money are basic, and avoidable, and unless you understand
what they are, you’re probably going to repeat them. What you need
is someone who can shed light on the obstacles we face and show you
how to avoid getting tripped up by them.
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere shows how
society is rigged to take as much of your wealth as possible, and
simple ways you can resist. It investigates, explains, and offers
advice for all those who have fallen into debt, taken a second
mortgage, been trapped by credit cards, or found themselves unable
to get ahead.
* Discusses what you can do to stop the destructive cycle of
borrowing and spending
* Illustrates the four major tenets of getting money right
* Highlights how to avoid the many ways that government, banks,
and big business try to trap you with debt
To secure your financial future, you must break the dangerous
cycle of borrowing and spending, and learn how to guard your wealth
against corporate ploys. Financially Stupid People Are
Everywhere leads you down the only proven path to financial
freedom.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Introduction Life as a Sucker 1
Chapter 1 The First Rule of Finance 7
Chapter 2 Credit, Cars, and Castles 13
Chapter 3 Toxic FSP in the Alphabet of Idiocy 27
Chapter 4 The Society You’re Up Against 47
Chapter 5 Government of the Corporations, by the Corporations, for the Corporations 63
Chapter 6 How Money Is Power 89
Chapter 7 Financial Freedom 147
Chapter 8 Guarantee Your Own Well-Being 159
Chapter 9 On the Front Lines of Freedom 169
Conclusion In Yourself You Trust 185
Appendix A Smart Scenarios 189
Appendix B Getting Out of Debt 191
Appendix C Keep Current 195
Notes 197
Acknowledgments 201
About the Author 203
Index 205
Sobre o autor
Jason Kelly is editor of The Kelly Letter??and author of eight books, including the bestseller The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing. He graduated in 1993 from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He currently lives in Sano, Japan, north of Tokyo. Find his latest ideas and join his free e-mail list at www.jasonkelly.com.