Financial Management

Real wages have stagnated or declined for most workers, job insecurity has increased, and retirement income is uncertain. Why have jobs gotten so much worse? As Peter Cappelli argues, these issues and others stem from the logic of financial accounting and its fundamental flaws in dealing with human capital. Financial accounting views employee costs as fixed costs that cannot be reduced and fails to account for the costs of bad employees and poor management. The simple goal of today's executives is to drive down employment costs, even if it raises costs elsewhere.

According to recent studies, one in four Americans has no retirement savings, and the average American carries over $90,000 in debt. These sad statistics can lead many to believe that financial independence is an unachievable dream. In Your Way to True Wealth, Mike Brown gives listeners a reason for hope. He provides the path to achieving financial independence in a simple plan that anyone can follow. Mr. Brown begins with the basics: the simple skills that one needs, such as self-discipline and patience, as well as behaviors to avoid, such as fear and trying to predict the future.

For immigrants, their descendants, and anyone else looking to learn the unbiased truth about investing, Close the Gap & Get Your Share is a step-by-step guide to generating and passing on wealth in the US.

Kiplinger's columnist Kim Lankford has fielded hundreds of questions from readers wondering how to recover from recent market debacles. Rescue Your Financial Life is Lankford's answer—an easy-to-follow, multistep program for setting new financial goals, getting on course to achieve those goals, and using today's new tools and technologies to make recovery as pain-free as possible. Personal financial goals are more difficult to achieve than ever before. Rescue Your Financial Life helps listeners bring those goals a little closer.

Your sweetheart popped the big question and you said yes! I’m sure you’re so excited to start planning your perfect dream wedding. There is just one nagging little question that keeps popping up, “How am I going to afford all of this?” You want to have the wedding you’ve always dreamed of, but without a side of massive debt and financial stress to go along with it! I get it! Weddings are expensive and I don’t blame you for not wanting to spend all of your life’s savings for just one day of fun! And the good news, it is possible to have your cake and eat it too!

Discover devastatingly effective secrets for money management, personal finance, and how to budget. Find out how thousands have become debt-free using these steps no matter how much they owed. You can laugh at money worries and become debt-free if you follow these simple solutions.... 

Have you ever started to read or listen to a book about financial planning, but quickly got bogged down by all the detail and meaningless theory? If yes, then check out Your Survival Guide for Financial Success: What You Absolutely Positively Need to Know. This easy-to-listen-to book is a must for wading through our complex society and reducing stress about all things money. 

You Are the Rock Star: Finding Your Financial Flow is a catalyst for growth, reshaping how you view wealth and making money fun. If you want to expand your mind and attract wealth in a massive way, increasing your understanding of money, finance, and investing for sustainable success, get ready. By the end of this book, you will understand what it means to be wealthy, how to set yourself up for financial success, and how to invest like the rock star you are. We all deserve to be ballin’ out. So, expand your mind and relationship with money. Create your life of abundance! 

The popular Today financial editor Jean Chatzky helps you navigate through the critical challenges and potential catastrophes of personal finance.You've just lost your job. You've got a baby on the way. Your parent has had a stroke. Most people seek financial help not because they're planning for the future but because they need it - right now!

Your guide to being confident about your finances. Do you wish you had a visual model of your finances so you could see all the parts of your financial plan in one place? In Confident Financial Planning, Paul Winkler provides this visual model and covers all the major aspects of a financial plan in easy-to-understand language, giving you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions - without bogging you down with financial jargon. Confident Financial Planning is a guide map for the knowledge you need and advises you on whom to trust.

This clear and concise book will help you better understand the universal language of business, and will demystify the financial terminology and concepts that are used to measure an organization’s performance. Do you want to go to the highest high of your organization? Would you like to enhance your business acumen, so any employer in any industry in any part of the world can see your value? If so, this book is a must-listen and, more importantly, a must-do.

Hey there. Are you looking for a book on personal financial literacy that's uncomplicated, to the point, and realistic, with a couple of games and trivia thrown in? Written by someone who has walked the walk. Written for those who can benefit from that experience. No gimmicky, kitschy, attention-grabbing silliness. With an emphasis on the positive so as to encourage you to create and/or reinforce good financial habits. ABCs for Financial Independence can be the building blocks to your financial future.

"Awaken the financial genius in you!" is an expression that best encapsulates everyone's dream and wish for financial success and how it can be made a reality. The amazing thing is that everyone has the gift hidden deep within that needs to be brought out in a glorious fashion to manifest his or her genius. And, the world seems breathlessly waiting for the yet-to-be-revealed genius that only you can introduce.

This book will show you how financial prosperity and the fruit of the spirit intersect. Once you understand and begin living by these foundational truths, your heart will overflow with love, joy, and peace. Your actions will be purposeful with patience, kindness, and goodness. And your thoughts will be faithful and meek with self-control. These are not only Christian financial concepts and principles; these are financial truths. It’s time for you to recover, grow, and zero in on your financial target.

Maybe you are sick and tired of living in debt, relying on credit and loans, or living from paycheck to paycheck. Life does not have to be this way. Inside Building Wealth, Financial Freedom, and Debt-Free Living for Families, you will discover how to change your financial situation for the better, setting your family and future generations up for a better start in life.

Do you work long hours in a stressful career and wonder if it will be enough to support your financial needs in both the near and distant future? Do you want to ensure that you have enough money to live your dream life and retire on your own time? Why not learn how to make your money work for you before it is too late? You can start building a strong financial future right now without working yourself to death. It is never too early to learn how to invest your money.

Picture a life untethered by financial concerns: a world where money is a facilitator, not a stumbling block. Are you enticed by the idea of achieving financial autonomy and crafting a purposeful, free life? If these concepts strike a chord, then Live on FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is your must-have guide! In this book, Andrew Richards has designed a comprehensive, step-by-step blueprint for planning your early retirement. Whether you're well-versed in finance or an absolute novice, this guide is engineered to simplify these often complex concepts.

Are you terrified by the mere thought of even looking at your bank account? Dreading that word that keeps popping in your head - dare I say it - a budget? No matter what your current situation looks like, Face Your Finances will give you a new outlook on how simple it can be to take charge of your personal finances, once and for all! This is your chance to be brave and make a real difference in your life that will continue to pay dividends (literally and figuratively) for years to come.

This book is for everyone who has wanted a roadmap for their financial life. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered, where should I be financially in my life right now? What should I be doing by this age to secure my financial future? This book will give you the direction you need. Follow this 10-year roadmap for your financial life and watch for the ultimate destination of financial independence. It comes.

This book is a detailed description on how to maximize many revenue possibilities related to wealth in context to our economy. It's geared toward cross-generation individuals who have a passion to realize wealth now. Learn key strategies to experience an acceleration in your money.