HOW TO RUIN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 08470004B06391
English Summary/英文概要： Anyone can write a book about how to get rich. The bookstores are full of them. They rarely work, though, which isn’t surprising since the people who write them rarely know much about money.
But it takes Ben Stein, economist, finance expert for Barron’s, commentator on finance for Fox News, and (fairly) successful investor to write a book called How to Ruin Your Financial Life. Written with the same tongue-in-cheek cheekiness as his bestselling How to Ruin Your Life, this book is a humorous road map showing you how to make something useful of the money that comes in and out of your life. Follow the rules—in reverse gear—and you’re bound to be a lot better off than you are now. Follow the rules as they’re written—and you’re highly likely to wind up in bankruptcy court—as millions do every decade.
Here are some of the rules, just to whet your appetite: Collect as Many Credit Cards as You Can and Use Them Frequently; Compete with Your Friends to See Who Can Own the Most Expensive and High-Status Possessions; Know in Your Gut That Only Suckers Work Hard for Money and That Smarties Like You Only Have to Find an Angle; Remember That Retirement Is a L-ooo-nnn-g Way Off, and Don’t Even Think about It Right Now; Bear in Mind That Only "Little People" Pay Their Bills or Taxes; Don’t Bother to Own Your Own Home Because Home Ownership Is a Hassle...and many more.
This book is a laugh-out-loud way to educate yourself, your children, and your friends about how money really works...and a way to smile while you’re straightening out that mess you call your financial life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 任何人都可以写如何致富的书。书点里面多得很，但是它们多半也没什么用处，也不足为奇，因为写这些书的人压根就不懂金融。
但是要写这样一本叫做《如何毁掉你的经济生活》的的书，可就要BEN STEIN这样一位经济学家、专业财经杂志巴隆Barron’s的金融评论员、颇为成功的投资商才行了。《如何毁掉你的经济生活》是继BEN的前两本畅销书《如何毁掉你的生活》和《如何毁掉你的爱情生活》的又一本延续半真半假放肆口吻的书，它以幽默的笔锋指引你如何好好花钱和赚钱。按照这些规则-------当然是倒过来读的-----你一定会比现在过的富庶。要是他怎么写，你就怎么做的话，当然你的下场就是最后被送上破产法庭-------就像成百万的人一样，每隔十年就会有这样一批人。
下面的几条规则，只是吊吊你的胃口：尽可能多收集信用卡，频繁地使用它们；把钱借给你的朋友，特别是男女朋友；和你的朋友比拼，谁钱花的最多；对垃圾股投资；想省钱的时候再省钱，你要是就不想省的话，那就别省…….等等等等。
《如何毁掉你的生活》让你大笑的同时，接受了教育，告诉你、你的孩子以及你的朋友，钱到底是怎么回事……笑着弄清你那乌七八糟的经济生活。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Ben Stein, a nationally renowned "Renaissance man," was host of the long-running quiz show Win Ben Stein’s Money and is currently a judge on Star Search. He is a former White House speechwriter, Wall Street Journal columnist, trial lawyer, law school professor, scriptwriter, and novelist—and author of several self-help books; including How to Ruin Your Life; ISBN: 1-56170-974-3; and How to Ruin Your Love Life, ISBN: 1-4019-0240-5. He has seen the biggest (Richard Nixon) and the most famous (many Hollywood stars) ruin their lives. He has also seen how some seemingly ordinary people made something great of their lives—by doing the opposite of what he sees as ruinous acts and modes of thought. He resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and son.
BEN STEIN生于华盛顿特区，在马里兰银泉市长大。他在哥伦比亚大学学习过经济学，然后，又很幸运地到耶鲁大学的法学院学习了。BEN做过经济学家、出庭辩护律师、美国白宫演讲稿撰写人、法学与经济学的老师、《华尔街期刊》、《美国旁观者》的专栏作家、财经杂志巴隆的金融类作家（特别是金融诈骗类）、在电视台上做财经类节目的评论员、常常出席国会举行的有关金融的听政会，做证人、写过多本有关个人金融的自助类书籍（还没一本这么有趣）。
BEN在好莱坞也是名声在外的，他出演过多部电影，最出名的是《费里斯·布勒逃学的一天》；还在《神奇年代》和 《Charles in Charge》情景喜剧中连续出演；当然还有那部久映不衰的游戏类节目《赢BEN STEIN的奖金》。他目睹了最重量级的人物（尼克松），和最有名的名人（好莱坞的明星）是如何堕落的，当然他也看到了一些看似平凡却过出不平凡生活的人-----他们的行为和思维模式完全不同于BEN所认为的自毁式的行为和思维模式。
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