Five Finance Books to Read on the Beach

 

After a long winter, summer arrived and, with it, the long-awaited vacations of millions of Spaniards. Perhaps your plan consists of spending a few days of spiritual retreat lying in a hammock frying in the sun with a very cool tint de vernal by your side. Good plan, but haven't you considered making the most of your time to learn economics with some books on finance to help you stay up to date?

Don't worry, we're not going to ask you to do any intensive courses or to study a lot of boring books. Our plan is much more enjoyable and relaxing. What we suggest is that you read and, to this end, we recommend five books on finance to read quietly on the beach.

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Books on finances that you have to read on the beach or in the pool

Rich father poor father.

We begin the selection with a true masterpiece by the famous Robert Kiyosaki. A 'must' among finance books. This book not only highlights the importance of financial education, but encourages the reader to go a little further and consider what he is doing with his life in financial terms.

Be very careful reading this book because it can change the way you see the world and, who knows, it may give you the push you need to start your own business and achieve financial freedom.

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The dilemma of Spain.

Surely you know Luis Gaisano, a prominent member of Ciudadanos. Before his political career, this economist published this book in which he banishes the myth that people live better in Spain than anywhere else. To explain it, he explains the terrifying working hours of Spaniards, the problems of finding employment for the youngest or the bad education provided by schools and totally disconnected from the needs of companies.

The work does not remain a criticism without more, but Gaisano also proposes interesting measures in political, social and educational matters to solve these problems. Undoubtedly, one of the essential reading finance books to understand the ins and outs of the Singapore economy.

Cakebox is a very popular Japanese savings method recognized for its simplicity and effectiveness. It consists of writing down in a small notebook each and every one of the expenses that we have in our day to day, in order to have absolute control over our personal finances.

If your goal is to save more when you return from vacation, in Cakebox 2016, its author, Rail Sánchez Serrano, explains the ins and outs of this method so that we can learn to develop it effectively and, thanks to this, we learn to spend better and save a lot plus.

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Journey to economic freedom.

One of the best known works by Daniel Locale, one of the most popular economists of the moment, both inside and outside our borders. Locale makes a strong criticism in this book of the way politicians are managing the economy.

His proposal involves a lower weight of the State in it, less public spending or a tax cut, among other measures. In short, what Locale proposes is that the economy be liberalized once and for all and that the private sector gain more weight and importance in it.

The little book of self-improvement.

We end the list with this little gem by Josef Aram that has nothing to do with economics and would not be part of the finance books category, but rather a personal improvement book. And why is it on this list then? You ask. Well, very simple, because perhaps thanks to its reading you will be encouraged to take a step forward and start your own business.

If the seed of entrepreneurship is already in your head, Aram will give you the push you need to germinate. And this will be achieved simply with a hundred phrases of personal improvement and their respective explanations. Without a doubt, a very entertaining and easy-to-read book that shows how important it is to believe in yourself.