The money cult

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Suze Orman

**COURAGE IS A CHOICE** With honesty, sympathy, and dazzling knowledge of how the world of money works, the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom invites us into a realm where our lives and finances can abide and truly prosper in harmony. In The Courage to Be Rich, Suze Orman furthers the groundbreaking teachings in the ways of money that she has brought to millions of Americans, taking us through the financial milestones of our lives and showing in how to summon the wellsprings of courage within us all us to: -Clear away financial clutter -Break debilitating patterns -Protect finances when entering into marriage or romantic partnerships -Start over after divorce or death -Buy a house -Invest - safely and wisely - for the future -Give generously, live richly -Learn and teach the value of money The courage to be rich comes alive then you have the courage to recognize what you really do value in this life, where you live - and spend - with clarity. In order to be truly rich, you have to not only value what you have, but also have only things in your life that you value. You have to do what is right over doing what is easy. You have to value tomorrow along with today. Finally, once you internalize these choices, you have to think them, say them, and express them in your actions. At that point, you will want for nothing and you will have what you want - The Courage to be Rich excerpt from inside book taken from the back cover.

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Ric Edelman

Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible pace. The Human Genome Project took eleven years and $2.7 billion dollars to complete. Today, it would take two days to finish, and cost less than getting a pizza delivered. It is estimated that forty percent of the current Fortune 500 companies will no longer exist by 2025. In 2005, half a billion devices were connected to the Internet. By 2030, that number will reach one trillion. The traditional paradigms of how we live, learn, and invest are shifting under our feet. Investment guru Ric Edelman has seen the future, and he explains how smart investors can adapt and thrive in today's changing marketplace. Edelman offers sound, practical investment advice through the lens of recent scientific and technological advancements. He illustrates how discoveries in robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing, solar energy, biotechnology, and medicine will redefine our life expectancies, careers, and retirements. As we live and work longer, Edelman provides clear advice on how to recalibrate the way we save for college, invest during our careers, and plan for retirement.

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Deborah Meier

Deborah Meier has for twenty years led one of the most remarkable public schools in the country, Central Park East (CPE) in East Harlem, where 90 percent of the students graduate high school and 90 percent of those go on to college, this in a city where the average graduation rate is 50 percent. CPE is a school where inner-city kids and teachers experience and act on the "power of their ideas," and it has been called the best school in New York City. As founder and advocate, Meier has won national acclaim as a leading voice and visionary writer in education. In this long-awaited book, Meier issues an eloquent, timely defense of public education. Taking on pessimists and privatizers, she tells us all why public education is vital to the future of our democracy and our kids. Equally important, she shows why good education is possible for all our children, starting with the remarkable success story of Central Park East. Drawing on her life as a teacher and principal, Meier argues for radical innovation: for breaking up huge schools into small schools; for choice within the public school system; for respect; for teaching that connects learning to real-world activities; for a new ideal of being "well-educated."

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Margaret M. Pearson

Economic reforms in China have led to the creation of an entirely new social class: the business elite. Entrepreneurs in the foreign and private sectors have benefited tremendously from the new economic freedoms in China, but have they pushed for political reforms as well? To explore this question, Margaret Pearson conducted extensive interviews with Chinese-born managers of foreign-sector firms and researched the activities of private-sector entrepreneurs. She concludes that, contrary to the assumptions of many Westerners, these groups are not at the forefront of democratization or the emergence of a civil society. Rather, she argues, they are at the head of a new form of state-society relations in China, a hybrid of socialist corporatism and clientelism. Ultimately, she demonstrates that this hybrid pattern, which has deep roots in Chinese history, has been shaped by the Chinese state to ensure that economic development will not lead to democratization. As private enterprises mushroom, foreign investment soars, and the standard of living continues to improve in China, all eyes are watching for changes in the political structure. The insights and studied predictions in this book will be invaluable keys to understanding the emerging dimensions of China's social and political future.