Finance ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Money Magic
Laurence Kotlikoff · 2022
🎙 Narrated by Alex Kotlikoff
83/100
👍 Worth It
Kotlikoff backs up his 'secrets' with real economic modeling instead of recycled rules of thumb, and the case for waiting until 70 on Social Security is genuinely eye-opening. His son Alex narrates with real clarity and energy that AudioFile itself singled out for praise, so the performance matches the substance. This is one of the strongest, most credible finance picks here.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent AudioFile magazine specifically praised Alex Kotlikoff's flinty clarity and spontaneous performance.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety92
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing82
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers80
Age-fit75
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict83
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