Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
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Clark Howard · 2002
66/100
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Clark Howard's decades on the radio give this book real credibility, and it covers a genuinely wide swath of everyday money decisions — cars, insurance, banks, mortgages. It's from 2002 though, so the specific advice needs updating even if the underlying philosophy of cutting costs to invest still holds.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety75
Substance / usefulness73
Craft & writing63
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy52
Hype vs delivers58
Age-fit70
Human-eye read68
Penny’s verdict66
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