It's About the Money!: The Fourth Movement of the Freedom Symphony: How to Build Wealth, Get Access to Capital, and Achieve Your Financial Dreams - Softcover

Jackson, Jesse L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609807366 ISBN 13: 9780609807361

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 2001

Synopsis

Financial Empowerment . . . Financial Independence!

Rooted in the American dream, It's About the Money! is Reverend Jesse Jackson and Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s program for helping every American become financially independent and self-sufficient. Through their empowering, inspiring stories of people from all walks of life who have put their financial lives in order, accumulated nest eggs, and prepared for the future, they provide a step-by-step program for mastering the nuts and bolts of personal finance, including:

* Getting out of debt
* Preparing a budget
* Building wealth through a regular program of saving and investing
* Preparing for retirement
* Avoiding financial scams
* Dealing with major life events, such as sending children to college

Reverend Jackson and Congressman Jackson believe that the message contained in It's About the Money! is the fourth step in the movement to freedom. The first three steps (emancipation from slavery, ending legal segregation, and securing the right to vote) formed the basis for the fourth movement of the Freedom Symphony: access to capital and financial independence. The Jacksons' program will help everyone fully participate in the financial engine that drives our country, by showing how to build wealth, increase it, and keep it secure so that you can build a better life for yourself and for your family.

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Review:

Reverend Jesse Jackson and his congressman son form the most powerful one-two punch for human rights. In It's About the Money! they take that fight from the police jails and picket lines to Wall Street and the wallet. In an era when many Americans think that playing the lottery is a surer bet than investing in the stock market, the Jacksons demystify the often confusing world of economics and empower the average citizen to achieve a more secure financial future. With information on money management, debt elimination, home mortgages, stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, the Jacksons provide the reader with the factual armor to guard against monetary uncertainties of the future. "Living in capitalism without understanding the role of money is like a fish that doesn't know how to navigate water," they write. "In our modern economy, capital is the equivalent of water to fields. With it comes the possibility of growth, without it little can survive." --Eugene Holley Jr.

About the Author:

The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and served as national director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket, the economic wing of the SCLC. A former presidential candidate, he is the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.

Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., represents the second district of Illinois. Prior to entering Congress, he served as the national field director of the National Rainbow Coalition. He has an M.A. in theology from the Chicago Theological Seminary and a J.D. from the University of Illinois.

Mary Gotschall is a journalist and consultant who holds a B.A. from Harvard and an M.B.A. from Columbia. For the past fifty years she has written widely on topics in business and finance. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Bloomberg News, the Washington Post, Working Woman, and the website of Money magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0609807366
• ISBN 13: 9780609807361
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384