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The Wealthy Barber, Updated 3rd Edition: Everyone's Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent

David Chilton

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The classic tale and bestselling financial planning book has been updated to reflect the very latest tax laws. It's the story of a friendly barber who dispenses timeless, homespun advice that will help anyone get rich -- slowly but surely. Updated with assistance from Arthur Anderson.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Crown Currency
  • Publish Date: Nov 25th, 1997
  • Pages: 224
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Updated - 0003
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.40in - 0.50in - 0.40lb
  • EAN: 9780761513117
  • Categories: Personal Finance - Money ManagementAccounting - General

About the Author

David Chilton is the president of Financial Awareness Corporation, a financial consulting firm. The Wealthy Barber and The Wealthy Barber Returns TV shows have enjoyed tremendous popularity since first airing on Public Television in the spring of 1993. Previous editions of this book have sold 2 million copies.

Praise for this book

"Chilton has probably motivated more people to take actual control of their personal financial lives than any other speaker or writer has in this decade."--Your Money

"It should be mandatory reading."--Paul Harvey

"The Wealthy Barber is, indeed, an able teacher of those personal-finance habits which lead to wealth and happiness."--John Templeton, founder of the Templeton Group of Mutual Funds

"[The Wealthy Barber] is a complete success in terms of being clear, easy-to-read, and interesting."--Chicago Sun-Times

"If ever a financial planning book was written for those without financial backgrounds, this is it."--Tax Management Financial Planning Journal

"Thirty years from now, Chilton could be remembered not as a bestselling author, but as the man who inspired thousands to save their way to prosperity."--Brenda Dalglish, Maclean's News Magazine

"The Wealthy Barber is the best book of its type that I have ever read. In fact, for many Americans, it is possibly the only book they need. I wish I had written it."--Jerry Mason, director of Education, Interanational Association of Financial Planners

"I was pulled in by the book's authentic, downhome tone. . . . I had trouble putting The Wealthy Barber down."--Sandy Naiman, Toronto Star

"This book does the impossible--it actually makes personal money management understandable and attainable."--Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Light