Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Money Drunk
Mark A. Bryan · 1993
72/100
👍 Worth It
A compassionate, structured approach to disordered money behavior that does something most finance books won't — treat financial chaos as an emotional and behavioral problem, not just a math problem. The 90-day program is concrete and the recovery-movement framing genuinely reduces shame for readers who need that permission. The addiction metaphor can feel like a stretch for people whose problems are circumstantial, and the 1992 publication date shows in some of the cultural texture.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety85
substance72
craft70
originality74
accuracy68
hype65
age-fit80
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict72
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