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The Richest Man in Babylon |  | Author: George S. Clason
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Rating:  455 reviews
Sales Rank: 1421
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0451205367
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9780451205360
ASIN: 0451205367
Publication Date: January 1, 2002
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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING CLASSIC Read by millions, this timeless book holds the key to success-in the secrets of the ancients. Based on the famous "Babylonian principles," it's been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift and financial planning. ACHIEVE PERSONAL WEALTH... This celebrated bestseller offers an understanding of-and a solution to-personal money problems.This is the original classic that reveals the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn even more money. Simply put: the original money-management favorite is back!
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 THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON by George S. Clason August 26, 2010
Gandhi the Vile (Tulsa, OK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Richest Man in Babylon is a 1926 financial self-help book by George S. Clason. Here, Clason presents a number of short stories, set in ancient Babylon, that communicate basic wealth-building principles.
Clason's principles are sound and timeless: work hard, live within your means, save, and invest wisely. Clason also presents a get-out-of-debt plan whereby the debtor lives on seventy percent of his income, saves ten, and pays his debts with twenty. All these concepts are offered so simply that just about any reader should be able to grasp them.
The stories themselves hold the reader's attention most of the time, although the Babylon shtick gets a little wearisome toward the end (and this isn't a long book). The characters all speak in King James-style English, but it doesn't always sound right (recent revised editions of the book, I understand, have updated the English). But it's never too big a problem, and even so, a lot of people are going to find The Richest Man in Babylon a lot more appealing than a dry, straightforward book on finance.
In short, The Richest Man in Babylon is a readable, accessible introduction to wealth-building principles and financial responsibility.
 Highly Recommended-Timeless Classic that is still Relevant Today! August 16, 2010
Karlene Sinclair-Robinson (Northern Virginia)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The title might fool you into thinking that it's just about someone from the Babylonian era but the book's philosophy still rings true today. If you can follow the concepts of what this book outlines, from controlling your expenses, increasing your income to securing your future, you will and can become wealthy in your own right. Take from it it's treasures and implement them today, in years to come you will see the results.
Karlene Sinclair-Robinson
Author of The Small Business Owner's Guide To Alternative Funding
Fun to read book teaches the fundamentals of handling money. August 7, 2010
Daniel Tisron
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wonderful little book can change your life. It outlines the basics of money in an entertaining way. This book should be required reading in school. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in learning how to handle money and prosper.
Classic! August 2, 2010
Edward J. Barton (Mill Creek, WA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A classic! The book is actually a collection of parables about saving, investing and money management written in the 1920's by George Clason. Most of the stories contained in the book are entertaining reads, and the lessons of saving 10%, that wealth attracts wealth, that one must pay their debts, invest in what you know, reinvest and compound, and live beneath your means are as valid today as they were 85 years ago.
Best book ever. July 23, 2010
David L. Cisewski (Okinawa, Japan)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Super important book. Buy 10 copies at least and hand them out to all of your friends.
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