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Book Review – 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism

Posted on March 12, 2013 | 1 Comment

A few years ago I never would have thought about reading a book on finance, economics or anything of the sort. In the last year or so however I decided to give this genre a try for a break from fiction. My first great read was The Millionaire Next Door followed by Full of Bull. Both were insightful and worthwhile reads. Next up is 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang, ...

Book Review – Full Of Bull – Do What Wall Street Does, Not What it Says

Posted on September 26, 2012 | 1 Comment

For my second book review I decided to read something with a little more entertainment value since my first book review was all facts and figures. Full Of Bull is written by a veteran Wall Street analyst of 32 years. The book was especially interesting to me since the author covered technology companies. The whole premise of the book is to help the reader understand why Wall Street acts the way ...

Book Review – The Millionaire Next Door

Posted on August 1, 2012 | 1 Comment

Besides writing about debt, saving and investing directly I thought I’d also review the financial books I read. I picked up a copy of The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy while traveling in the US and couldn’t put it down. Overview: The book is based on a study by the authors that looked at America’s wealthy in order to determine what ...

Introducing Financial Book Reviews

Posted on July 31, 2012 | 0 Comment

Since blogs can’t provide us all the financial knowledge we could ever need, I’ve decided to add Book Reviews as a new section on She Thinks I’m Cheap. These are books that I or my readers have found to be interesting, funny, insightful or just generally good reads on financial topics! If any of you would like a book reviewed or would like to contribute a review please let ...