When Cain killed Abel all the Wealth of the World fell into his hands...
I have read every wealth book imaginable and have used the principles learned to build multiple multi-million dollar businesses and am independently wealthy as a result. This book, on the other hand, advocates the Cain principle of wealth "Kill your brother, and love money and all will fall into your hands." More on that later but first the pros. Pros: I learned a lot of great economic history from the Roman Empire to The Industrial Revolution and from Post British Empire India to todays Technology Billionaires. Cons: The book unashamedly calls Crassus' "proscription" based murder of other Roman citizens a "Wealth Secret". Conquest of other nations was also mentioned. Perhaps the author didn't really mean to advocate these practices and only wished to illustrate these tactics as a means of acquiring wealth but, in any case, I couldn't believe my ears and kept listening waiting for the other shoe to drop saying that this wasn't a recommended practice. it never did. The book really did focus on ruthless, love of money, and dishonest means to become wealthy, which goes against everything I have ever learned or had any success with. I suppose the techniques work but i just don't want to suffer the consequences of Cain and Crassus, or even JP Morgan for that matter. You can sell your soul for money but isn't that the highest price ever paid?