Book Review: Personal Finance: An Encyclopedia of Modern Money Management

Abstract

This single-volume reference offers access to overviews of financial ideas and concepts, key events, and business figures that have shaped modern personal finance and money management. The editor, Barbara Friedberg, the author of How to Get Rich: Without Winning the Lottery and Invest and Beat the Pros—Create and Manage a Successful Investment Portfolio and founder of the popular website BarbaraFriedbergPersonalFinance.com, has compiled an invaluable and easy-to-use reference to increase financial literacy and independence among American citizens across different age brackets and life stages, especially young adults who are handling personal finances and making financial decisions for the first time.