Review by FAkram5 -- The Billionaires’ Handbook
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Review by FAkram5 -- The Billionaires’ Handbook
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Billionaires’ Handbook" by Andrew Stevenson.]
The Billionaires' Handbook
Andrew Stevenson
This book is wrong on so many levels but it scores highly on one morality, honesty.
It practically admits to all stunts pulled by the financial world to make them billionaires and it comes at a high price, at the expense of the poor.
Andrew Stevenson starts off by exploring the history and background of how it all started; with the king's desire to become rich, by passing laws in his kingdom to benefit him. Then he goes through the various stages that came afterwards and how we have billionaires today.
If you have no conscience, then following this book will easily make you a billionaire. It talks about how if you make things legal, then they are no longer wrong. It is pure irony in the way it mentions the obvious. It makes you cry when it enlists all the stunts you need to pull to become rich. On the other hand, such absurdity makes you laugh. Can such humans even exist? Evidently they do, if they followed this route.
It talks about not paying taxes and keeping more of your wealth for your family. This does not bode well with me, as I believe in the Keynesian model theory and government investing in public infrastructure. Therefore, I am more than happy to pay high taxes for a better society. After all, government is about wealth redistribution and making for an egalitarian state. Otherwise you have the problems you see today in America, whereby there is such a huge divide between the rich and the poor.
Keynes advocated government putting money into public projects for job creation and increasing the circular flow. He was part of The Camargo Society and his wife was a ballerina. As a dancer, my allegiance is to this economist, for Keynes understood financial and political stability all too well. It is that human element, which forbids us from exploiting other human beings.
Not sure what I admire more about this book more, it's honesty or its humour. It is set in such a comedic way, you cannot help but laugh at the preposterous suggestions. Of course, it must be sarcasm but the truth none the less. Maybe that is what I did not like about it, it tells the ugly truth.
It would appeal to YUPPIs, young urban persons with provincial investments: male and female between the ages of 18 to 30: single and without dependents. This book would not appeal to those with families or with a heart.
This quick read is meticulously edited. It is like an adult version of a children's book, with illustrations and only a few paragraphs on each page. It was so easy to read.
In summary, it is a book that explains the means of becoming very rich.
I would rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
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The Billionaires’ Handbook
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The Billionaires' Handbook
Andrew Stevenson
This book is wrong on so many levels but it scores highly on one morality, honesty.
It practically admits to all stunts pulled by the financial world to make them billionaires and it comes at a high price, at the expense of the poor.
Andrew Stevenson starts off by exploring the history and background of how it all started; with the king's desire to become rich, by passing laws in his kingdom to benefit him. Then he goes through the various stages that came afterwards and how we have billionaires today.
If you have no conscience, then following this book will easily make you a billionaire. It talks about how if you make things legal, then they are no longer wrong. It is pure irony in the way it mentions the obvious. It makes you cry when it enlists all the stunts you need to pull to become rich. On the other hand, such absurdity makes you laugh. Can such humans even exist? Evidently they do, if they followed this route.
It talks about not paying taxes and keeping more of your wealth for your family. This does not bode well with me, as I believe in the Keynesian model theory and government investing in public infrastructure. Therefore, I am more than happy to pay high taxes for a better society. After all, government is about wealth redistribution and making for an egalitarian state. Otherwise you have the problems you see today in America, whereby there is such a huge divide between the rich and the poor.
Keynes advocated government putting money into public projects for job creation and increasing the circular flow. He was part of The Camargo Society and his wife was a ballerina. As a dancer, my allegiance is to this economist, for Keynes understood financial and political stability all too well. It is that human element, which forbids us from exploiting other human beings.
Not sure what I admire more about this book more, it's honesty or its humour. It is set in such a comedic way, you cannot help but laugh at the preposterous suggestions. Of course, it must be sarcasm but the truth none the less. Maybe that is what I did not like about it, it tells the ugly truth.
It would appeal to YUPPIs, young urban persons with provincial investments: male and female between the ages of 18 to 30: single and without dependents. This book would not appeal to those with families or with a heart.
This quick read is meticulously edited. It is like an adult version of a children's book, with illustrations and only a few paragraphs on each page. It was so easy to read.
In summary, it is a book that explains the means of becoming very rich.
I would rate this book 4 out of 4 stars.
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The Billionaires’ Handbook
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
