The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated Audiobook (Free)

TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and unless you follow their guidance, you’ll end up in the poorhouse.

They’re wrong.

When School of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he produced an away­hand suggestion: everything you need to know about managing your money could fit with an index credit card. To confirm his point, he grabbed a 4′ x 6′ credit card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture from the credit card online. The post proceeded to go viral.

Now, Pollack groups up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index cards outperform more difficult financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow actions plan that functions in memories and bad, giving you the tools, understanding, and self-confidence to assume control of your monetary life.