Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Personal Investment: financial planning in an uncertain world
Mariana Mazzucato · 2010
75/100
👍 Worth It
What makes this stand out is the angle: instead of another spreadsheet-and-formula finance book, it looks at personal investment through a sociological lens, tracing how financial risk quietly shifted from institutions onto individuals. It reads like the university text it is, and some regulatory specifics have aged since 2010, but the core framing still holds up well.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing72
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers80
Age-fit82
Human-eye read68
Penny’s verdict75
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