Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated The

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TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don't follow their guidance, you'll end up in the poorhouse. They're wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an offihand suggestion- everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4 x 6 card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral. Now, Pollack teams up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated, and if you don't follow their guidance, you'll end up in the poorhouse. They're wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an award-winning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he made an offihand suggestion- everything you need to know about managing your money could fit on an index card. To prove his point, he grabbed a 4 x 6 card, scribbled down a list of rules, and posted a picture of the card online. The post went viral. Now, Pollack teams up with Olen to explain why the ten simple rules of the index card outperform more complicated financial strategies. Inside is an easy-to-follow action plan that works in good times and bad, giving you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to seize control of your financial life.
HELAINE OLEN is the author of Pound Foolish, writes The Bills column for Slate, and is a regular columnist for Inc. She has appeared on numerous media outlets, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Frontline. Business Insider calls her one of the 50 Women Who Are Changing the World. a HAROLD POLLACK is the Helen Ross Professor of Social Service Adminiistration at the Univerisity of Chicago, where he researches health and urban policy concerns and is a nonresident fellow at the Century Foundation. He writes reguilarly for the Washington Post, Politico, Atlantic Monthly, healthinsurance.org, and other publications.