Review for Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry : This book is incredible, I have never been so frightened reading a book and yet so riveted that I couldn't stop reading. I loved this book. It grabbed me from the first page and I had trouble putting it down. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry info
Theyre common refrains among personal finance gurus. Theres just one problem: those and many similar statements are false.
For the past few decades, Americans have spent billions of dollars on personal finance products. As salaries have stagnated and companies have cut back on benefits, weve taken matters into our own hands, embracing the can-do attitude that if were smart enough, we can overcome even daunting financial obstacles. But thats not true.
In this meticulously reported and shocking book, journalist and former financial columnist Helaine Olen goes behind the curtain of the personal finance industry to expose the myths, contradictions, and outright lies it has perpetuated. She shows how an industry that started as a respo
