Published by B. C. Forbes, New York City Ny, 1925
Language: English
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ix, 254 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt. Early But Not First Printing, "Forbes Business Library At Base" Of Spine But No Later Printing Indicated. Light Wear, A Few Minute Frays No Marks. Profitable Investing For Whom, Exactly? Remarkably Bad Investment Advice From Two Major Sources Of Bad Advice, Whose Financial Advice Businesses Have Prospered Mightily For Over 100 Years But Whose Recommendations Have Mostly Gone Bankrupt Or Have Had Any Possible Profits Erased By The Very Inflation That Guaranteed The Feasibility Of Their Business Plans While Ultimate Costs (Pollution, Corruption, Monopolization Of Funding, Adverse Health Risks, Etc.) Were Always Born By The Public. Discussion Of Financial Profits Only, No Consideration Of Profits Of Investing In One's Own Health And Home And Education, Or In One's Family, Or In One's Community, Or Anything Else; No Caveats About The Endless Pollution And Unusable Waste Generated By These Businesses: Just A Dangling Elusive Personal Financial Rewards As A Focused Goal, Managing To Be Both Stupid And Evil At The Same Time.