Title: Outdated finance with a touch of humor
Product review: Financial advice from a guy who owns 17 oil wells. I saw this book in a $1 store, and bought it mainly for the title and the author's rather funny style. BUT it was written in the 1970s, so the financial advice (why not to buy gold, etc.) is badly dated. Still, some things (his reaction to the first-time introduction of disposable razors and his worries about the environment) are really worth reading from a historical standpoint. he profiles famous men and women of finance (including a blind female stock-market whiz billionaire, and a male scammer with a pyramid scheme who made a mint and was never arrested) and comments on then-timely issues such as the battle over the King Kong remake between Paramount and UNiversal. At the end of the day, this is a book for history buffs, and people who want to trace the roots of today's financial crises. But if you're looking for How-To-Expand-Your-Portfolio, this is not it. Strictly historical/anthropological value.
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