The Green Magazine Guide to Personal Finance: A No B.S. Money Book for Your Twenties and Thirties

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Summary: Not so good
Review: Glib, over-the-top, self-possessed clap-trap. Better read your daily newspaper than this.

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Summary: An excellent intro to understanding personal finance terms.
Review: Green Magazine Guide is an essential purchase for anyone, regardless of age, who wants to understand the often-beguiling world of finance. Kurson is smart, well-informed, and is often very funny; all of which should be required qualities for any commentator, but are rarely evident. He cuts through the typical money-talk jargon to deliver refreshingly direct advice on investments, mortgage, insurance, and taxes. Like the journalists and rock guitarists he admires, Kurson is sharp in both his attacks and words of praise. And how many other financial writers give props to comic-book creator Harvey Pekar? I'll be reading the Green Magazine Guide long after I've cashed in my 401K.

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Summary: Worth the look
Review: I got this book for my boyfriend who isn't interested in investing issues, but he did pick it up and read it!... I also found myself looking in it and learning a few things. I've ordered a few money matters type books and this is the first one that I've read that isn't geared towards a total moron. It doesn't explain the obvious like "If your credit cards are to the limit try not to use them anymore..."

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Summary: A real gift to those of us a bit spooked by money
Review: I received this book as a gift from my girlfriend, who keeps trying to persuade me to save money for retirement, invest in a 401k, blah, blah, blah. I can't help it - I have a mental block about money, it just intimidates me. Well, it did until I got this book. It's written in normal english and it explains everything, not just the concepts, but WHY my life will improve if I understand this stuff. My only regret is not having the book about five years ago. Have already read it twice, and am already dispensing advice to my friends now, and even a little to my girlfriend. Really good job by the author.