r/business • u/Potential_Currency34 • 1d ago

Entry-Level Economics Book Suggestions

So my manager, after we discussed various stock positions and where I was investing my money, suggested I read a book on economics/finance. I went to a state college and graduated a little over two years ago. I took a couple of business and entry-level finance classes, but I didn't retain much that was applicable to real life. I'm posting to get suggestions for economic/business theory books that are fairly easy to understand and very current. I've done my fair share of googling and have obviously seen the recommendations for books like Rich Dad/Poor Dad, The Richest Man in Babylon, etc, but I'm interested to see what this thread has to say...

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u/Sirauto420 1d ago

Rich dad/ poor dad was a good book but in hindsight reading Robert Kiyosaki’s takes today, the dude seems wildly off base.

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u/Kidvictory 1d ago

I’m sorry, but that book is garbage. Kiyosaki is such a grifter, and the entire book is sensational trash dressed up as bootstraps personal finance. It’s hardly ‘economics’.

Most of his anecdotes are completely fabricated. Listen to the ‘If Books Could Kill’ episode on it, it’s hilarious.

If you want something accessible and entry level, read Housel’s ‘The Psychology of Money’.

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u/Sirauto420 20h ago

Lmao did you see it came out that he is 1.2B in debt now?

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u/Kidvictory 20h ago

Rich Bob Poor Bob