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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
The only book that I push now is called The Wealthy Barber, by David Chilton (available in Canadian & American versions). It should be required reading for highschool students. It isn't revolutionary in its concepts... its actually quite conservative. But it's readable, and enjoyable, and lays out the basis for a sound financial future in easy to grasp terms. (No, I don't know David personally... wish I did, lol)
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The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason is pretty good for that too. Chilton's book is a modern-day narrative that goes through basic money concepts.
The Richest Man in Babylon came years before it, but the concept is the same: a narrative teaching basic money concepts.
The biggest difference is that that Clason's narrative is historical fiction, taking place in ancient Babylon. I found it more engrossing for this reason, though the end result is the same: these books teach and delight, which is a potent mix. Note: Clason's book comes in a "modernized" version that switches out the sometimes annoying King James English (though it was written in the 1920s) with Modern English.