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I finished reading this book a few days ago, so I wanted to review it while it was fresh in my mind. The author was George Antone. The book was about 177 pages long and probably a 4 hour read. The topic is finance and specifically banking and lending. 

The book starts out like a mystery adventure novel with a brief story about a man who escapes the ghetto or poverty stricken section of a big city to make a new start in a new country. He becomes a very successful money lender. He then gifts his three sons with six hand written manuscripts detailing his knowledge and experience in six volumes. These sons go on to found one of the most successful banking dynasties of our time, they are the Rothschilds. The book then tells a story of a young man being mentored in the contents of these three books about banking and lending. The books are a mixture of guiding principles, terminology, short stories and homework assignments which have you start your journey by following the principles and instructions in these six books. 

Well I was surprised and intrigued by the introduction and expected the rest of the book to be a collection of motivational platitudes and carefully crafted sales pitches for a financial plan. But what I got was the exact opposite. The book broke society down into three groups: consumers/employees, producers/employers and lenders/bankers. It then proceeded to explain the role each played in societies economy and how each group was an integral part of society. The book was very nonjudgmental and concluded that all three were a necessary. 

The book then gave a pretty succinct summary of banking and lending terms, concepts and concrete examples of how bankers and money lenders thought and made a living. It was the most powerful 100 plus pages I have read in a longtime. 

**Conclusion**
Many modern finance books are full of fluff and sales pitches with nice feel good messages and little concrete material you can use to improve your self financially.  I felt this book was completely different from many I have read in that it was full of valuable education and concrete guidelines and principles. The book started off as a story and the chapters also contain short stories which illustrate the principles and ideas in plain language so you both learn and understand. I enjoyed the book and plan to read it again after finishing another related book by the same author. I rate it a 4.5/5 only because I think a 5/5 book should dance, sing and give me a back rub. LOL 😂 

✍️ Written by Shortsegments 

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