I am re-reading The Richest Man in Babylon. I found it at a used bookstore several years ago, and picked it up again after I found it on my book shelf recently.
The book was written more than 80 years ago by a gentleman named George Samuel Clason. It is great reading for people interested in learning about personal finance in a story-based format. The stories take place in ancient Babylon and mostly follow one person's journey from rags to riches.
You know, the Babylonians had a different way of keeping track of numbers from the one we have. But some of what they did has trickled down to those of us living today. You can find out some more about Babylonian mathematics at this link:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Babylonians.html.
If you are interested in doing some of the things that the Richest Man in Babylon did, you may want to check the book out.
Happy Reading!
--Blue
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