Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Midas Touch
Robert T. Kiyosaki · 2012
52/100
👎 Skip It
The five-finger framework is genuinely memorable and the job-creation angle gives it more substance than the typical Kiyosaki or Trump solo effort. But the MLM advocacy is a real problem — critics from Kirkus to The Intercept called it out, and recommending network marketing as a legitimate entrepreneurial path does readers a disservice. The political proselytizing further narrows the audience. Worth It for the framework, not for the advice.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety78
substance52
craft58
originality55
accuracy42
hype48
age-fit70
human-eye50
Penny’s verdict52
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