Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 📱 Kindle
Funny Money
Mark Singer · 2004
85/100
👍 Worth It
Mark Singer takes a wonky subject — a small Oklahoma bank's 1982 collapse — and turns it into genuinely entertaining, sharply reported storytelling that the New York Times and Texas Monthly both praised. If you like true financial history with wit and teeth, this is a real find.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness88
Craft & writing88
Originality80
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit80
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict85
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