Recommended Reading

[TheGeneral]

Anyone else read “the richest man in Babylon” ? 

Its a good read and appropriate to this forum. 

I see it as sound advice from the past. Rather than a guide on how to get rich, it’s more a guide on how to never be poor. 

I would be interested in reviews from forum members. 

[Roy]

Forum favourite 👍

[TheGeneral]

I should really start using the search function. 🙈

[Tn21]

Heard a lot of good reviews about this book, it's on the list, it maybe the next book I pick up.

Infact @h103efa mentioned this book whilst we crossed paths at the London coin fair. 

 

[h103efa]

7 minutes ago, Tn21 said:

Heard a lot of good reviews about this book, it's on the list, it maybe the next book I pick up.

Infact @h103efa mentioned this book whilst we crossed paths at the London coin fair. 

 

i actually have it as an audio book. I could put it on my dropbox with a link?

[JunkBond]

The Richest Man In Babylon(1).pdf

[AuricGoldfinger]

I love this book! I want to read the millionaire next door

[TopHatsTales]

3 hours ago, h103efa said:

i actually have it as an audio book. I could put it on my dropbox with a link?

Yes please.

[KDave]

Richest man in Babylon is great for 'the rules of gold' and personal savings. The Audiobook is on youtube. 

A book I read before learning of the richest man was 'The Alpha Strategy' which is also about savings with some basic Austrian school economics explained via 'stuck on a desert island' examples, very entertaining and logical. Ultimately the books focus is about protecting from inflation using consumer goods, metals come after one has savings in those. While the richests man is about the rules of gold (written under the gold standard, 1920's I think?), the main focus here on the problems with fiat (written in the 1970s'). PDF here; https://zombieprepdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/book2-preface.pdf

If looking for a book about basic economics you can't go wrong with 'Economics in One Lesson' by Henry Hazitt, only takes a couple of hours to read and covers the basic range of economic principles and a few fallacies. Its a good one, about the same size as Richest man on the shelf.

[Pipers]

Yes its a book i read or listen to every couple of years. Highly recommended