Customer Reviews

The Way to Wealth and Other Writings on Finance

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Therefore, you should earn a few pennies and not buy this volume. I say that for the following reasons:

1: The book's size (30 pages) is misleading. Not only is this a pocket sized book, but the words are pretty big. As a result, if this book were written on normal sized pages in a normal sized font, it would likely be less than five pages. I breezed through it in less than 1/2 an hour.
2: As this essay is part of a larger work (Poor Richard's Almanack), paying $9 for the first few pages when you can buy the whole thing for a few dollars more makes no sense.
3: This work is in the public domain. In fact, I ran a search on "way to wealth benjamin franklin" and found the entire text online in a number of places, including Wikipedia and the Department of State's website. And considering the brevity of the work, if this is all you want, you can just print it.

I only recommend buying this book if and only if you have read the essay and you have decided you would like to have this essay on your bookshelf, something I've done with other books.

Benjamin Franklin's words are just as true today as they were 200 years ago. At only 30 pages, this book is full of lessons that seem to have fallen upon deaf ears in today's business world. You will find this volume well worth your time, and will recognize a number of popular sayings that are included therein. Franklin's wit and eloquently simple writing style is as pleasurable to read as it is informative. I highly recommend it.

This book is very good. Ben Franklin has a great style. This book is very short, but he gets to the point. Although this bookw as wriiten before the American Revolution, the suggestions are still relevant today. This book is a good little sermon on what to do if you want wealth, dont sleep all day, dont take on debt, etc. I enjoyed it. The cover and binding are very nice too.

No Harvard MBA would be complete without the wisdom contained within this little book. A captivating story line with principles and nuggets of truth just leaping off of the page. Will it take a week to progress start to finish? No , hardly an hour!

A great little book, that teaches a lot in a few pages.

Keep it in your Jacket's pocket and read it whenever you have a minute to spare.

A very practical read for especially busy executives; it should take maybe less than a hour.

Do not be fooled by the size of this book. Though small it provides a treasury of solid wisdom and advice on financial thriftiness, a solid work ethic, benefits of being industrious, as well as addressing the ills of laziness and extravagance. These topics are presented in a straight forward mannner. Seasoned with just the right amount of wit to further drive home the points in the book, it is an excellent read.
The Way To Wealth should be recommended reading for all children. A prerequisite to graduation. Many adults would benefit greatly from the contents as well.

I purchased this several months ago and just got around to listening to it. It is a computer generate voice reading the book! You can't hardly understand it. Save your money. Read the book. This audio is crap!!!

Timeless wisdom in a quick read.
When my daughter wants to buy yet another (expensive) purse I now just say "You need to read Benjamin Franklin again."

You read and consistently practice whats in this book and you will be on your way to wealth.

I think that The Way To Wealth is very good. Benjamin Franklin includes a lot of useful saying in it like, "It is hard for an empty bag to stand up right." After he writes a saying, he explains it. It's contents could very well be true to it's title.