Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470398515 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Throughout his legendary career, John Bogle-founder of the Vanguard mutual fund group, and creator of the first index mutual fund-has helped investors build wealth the right way and led a tireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world. Along the way, he's seen how destructive an obsession with financial success can be. Bogle offers his unparalleled insights on money, on the values we should emulate in our business and professional callings, and on what we should consider as the true treasures in our lives. The excesses are most starkly visible in the continuing crisis in banking and investment, and even in the two enormous government-sponsored (but publicly owned) mortgage lenders, to say nothing of the billion-dollar-plus annual paychecks that top hedge-fund managers draw down and the excessive compensation paid to CEOs, regardless of performance. For a critical element of American society, including many of its wealthiest and most powerful, there seems to be no limit today on what "enough" entails. By explaining what "enough" truly is, he demonstrates how close everyone can be to having it.. Now, with Enough, he puts this dilemma in perspective
"Our insatiable desire for more" according to Allan S. Roth. The seemingly insatiable Wall Street desire for more, combined with look-the-other-way regulators, has landed the U.S. in financial crisis. In Jack Bogle's latest book, Enough, you can read it thinking about the current pickle we find ourselves in and you will un. Fabulous, wise book! Lachlan Forrow, MD Brilliant, inspiring, and short -- a great combination. Bogle understands our finance/investment systems as well as anyone in the world, from the inside, and presents here the clearest, most concise diagnosis of what is wrong I have ever read. A return to the fun. Best yet from John Bogle J. Colbert I have read all Mr Bogle's books on investing and also his previous critique of American business, The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism. I am also a very grateful and satisfied customer of Vanguard, so you can probably count me as a big fan of John Bogle.To be h
Exclusive: William J. By the time you read this, this outsized influence will have shrunken drastically. Simply put, our nation has been suffering from decades of unchecked financial excess, for which we are now paying the piper: excess in investment company fees; excess in financial speculation masquerading as diversification and innovation; excess in the salaries of top executives; excess in salesmanship; and most importantly, excess in the role played by the financial indust