Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less
About this product
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER “An incredible, compelling read. It covers an
astonishing amount of ground with basic simplicity and good humor. A masterful
starting point for any investor. Tina Hay is a wizard.”—Ben Stein,
economist, author, actor and commentator A handy crash course in personal finance, Napkin Finance is the groundbreaking guide everyone needs to help them manage their money and feel more secure. Surveys have found that two thirds of Americans can’t pass a basic financial literacy test, and nine in ten believe personal finance should become a required high school course. Tina Hay understands the confusion. While attending Harvard Business School, she struggled to keep up with classmates–many of whom came from the banking world–when it came to understanding jargon and numbers-heavy concepts. Tina developed a visual learning strategy using sketches and infographics that helped her succeed in her studies and master even the most complex financial topics. Since then, Tina founded Napkin Finance, a thriving company built on the concept of taking seemingly overwhelming topics—such as budgeting, investments, and retirement accounts—and turning them into simple, skimmable explanations. Now, she’s synthesized the most important content into this personal finance handbook. Napkin Finance includes dozens of individual learning modules, on topics ranging from credit scores to paying off student loans to economics and blockchain. The first illustrated guide that makes finance fun and accessible, Napkin Finance can help even the most numbers-phobic reader learn about complex financial topics without dying of boredom. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers and Goodreads readers generally describe Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less as a fast, visually engaging introduction to personal finance. Some praise it as clear, concise, and helpful for beginners or visual learners, while others say it feels inconsistent, skews young, or is not deep enough for experienced readers.
Reviews on finance-focused sites are also mixed but mostly positive. One book review says it is a good resource for simplifying difficult financial concepts, and another calls it easy to read and useful for explaining the basics. The book’s own site highlights endorsements from Booklist and Library Journal that emphasize its visual style and accessibility.
For video content, real YouTube search results show at least two relevant videos about Tina Hay and Napkin Finance: one interview/conversation with the author and one episode that discusses her and the book. No clearly identified review or unboxing video with a direct watch URL was surfaced in the results, so no video IDs are returned.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Dey Street Books |
| Publication date | December 30, 2019 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0062915037 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0062915030 |
| Item Weight | 1.56 pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.25 x 0.9 x 7.25 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #164,334 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #76 in Budgetary & Cost Accounting #104 in Business Encyclopedias #131 in Investment Portfolio Management |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (522) |