• The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, & Broke

  • By: Suze Orman
  • Narrated by: Suze Orman
  • Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (484 ratings)

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The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, & Broke

By: Suze Orman
Narrated by: Suze Orman
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Publisher's summary

The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, & Broke is financial expert Suze Orman's answer to a generation's cry for help. They're called "Generation Debt", people in their 20s and 30s who graduate from college with a mountain of student loan debt and are stuck with one of the weakest job markets in recent history, yet they're painfully aware of the urgent need to take matters into their own hands.

The Money Book was written to address the specific financial reality that young people face today. Suze Orman tells her young, fabulous, and broke listeners precisely what actions to take and why. Her advice at times bucks conventional wisdom (Did she just say use your credit card?) and may even seem counterintuitive (Pay into a retirement fund even though your credit card debt is killing you?), but it's her honesty, understanding, and uncanny ability to anticipate the needs of her readers that have made her the most trusted financial expert of the day.

Suze takes listeners past broke, to a secure place where they'll never have to worry about revisiting broke again. And she begins the journey with a bit of overwhelmingly good news (yes, there really is good news): Young people have the greatest asset of all on their side - time.

©2005 Suze Orman, a Trustee of the Suze Orman Revocable Trust (P)2005 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Downright useful... Orman takes on the financial woes of the under-thirty-five crowd in this how-to book that tackles the mystery behind credit ratings, when to finance your dream business with credit-card debt, and how to talk to your boyfriend about his check-bouncing habit." (Publishers Weekly)

"The first to target teens and twentysomethings, and she adapts her message appropriately, offering 'The Lowdown' on topics from credit scores to career moves to consolidating school debt." (Newsweek)

"Written in a noncondescending manner, and Orman modifies some of the suggestions she has made for her older readers." (New York Post)

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    1 out of 5 stars

Take This Advice

Save your money and time by not purchaing and listening to this piece of financial porn. Suz has made a fortune by giving bad advice, she is however great at selling books.

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    5 out of 5 stars

Much needed for my generation

I've seen Suze talk about the book and read the printed version already (i wouldn't be surprised if the negative review above was by someone who hadn't even read or listened to the book), and it has been an immense help. I'm part of that group that has been living in the now and staying ignorant of the price of that, and this book is direct, helpful, and very insightful. She breaks it down in ways that make it digestable and doable, and she explains why some financial myths just don't make sense.

I would recommend it to anyone who lives paycheck to paycheck but doesn't think they're 'broke'.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

a good primer

Of course, all of the advice here can be found elsewhere and probably for free. What makes this book worth it is the straight forward and simple delivery. Suze Orman doesn't just give out financial advice, she talks about life in bigger terms and asks readers to really analyze themselves-- their financial personality-- and to question their goals and priorities in life. For someone in their twenties-early thirties, this book is GREAT. A quick read, easy to digest. It gets you thinking not just about your money, but about where you're going in life and how you're getting there.

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    5 out of 5 stars

Valid advice as always

If the young people all bought this book and took the author's advice, we would not have very many bankruptcies in the future. There is no real-life education in our schools. Someone had to tell our young people that bling, bling on credit is not what's cool (or phat). Great book.

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    5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous

I just recently bought this book after frankly hating suze orman for years. She seemed too positive and energetic for me. I got stuck watching her on late night television and was soon hooked. She has a way of making money seem like its the easiest thing in the world to handle. Every suggestion she makes she backs up with an easy to understand example. Even after watching her at least once a week there were mistakes I was making that she pointed out in the book, so I really think its a book for everyone, no matter how on top of your finances you may be.

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    5 out of 5 stars

The basics - Great first money book

It's the basics - told in an easy to understand format. Lot's of good basic ideas and I would recomend to anyone from highschool to 35yrs.

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Nothing Special

This is a bunch of so so, regurgitated advice. Might be good if you just graduated college and have are trying to figure out what to do with your life.

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    4 out of 5 stars

Good medicine...

Good common sense for complex issues. A must for improving you financial intelligence.

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Wow, this is a great book!

This book is very informative and to the point. I recommend this book to all young and older folks to read and understand!

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Not for me and my situation, but a decent book.

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I did like the book and is was well read, just the overall message was not really for me.

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I found more in this book did not apply to me or advice I did not want to take. I like Suze Orman but she mentions using credit quite a lot in this book. I know you can use credit but it seemed to go overboard for a listener wanting to get rid of debt and accumulate wealth.

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