{"product_id":"wealth-secrets-sam-wilkin-9780316378956","title":"Wealth Secrets: How the Rich Got Rich","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover how the superwealthy made it to the top (and you can too!)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the richest Romans to the robber barons to today's bankers and tech billionaires, Sam Wilkin offers Freakonomics-esque insights into what it really takes to make a fortune. These stories of larger-than-life characters, strategies, and sacrifices reveal how the wealthiest did it, usually by a passion for finding loopholes, working around bureaucratic systems, and creating obstacles to competitors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWealth Secrets of the One Percent\u003c\/i\u003e gets at the heart of our feelings about the 1% of top income earners and the roughly 0.0001% who achieve billionaire status: we love to hate them, but we'd love to be them. Wilkin's insight into the sources of wealth is thought-provoking and rigorous, and he reveals that behind almost every great fortune is a \"wealth secret\" -- a moneymaking technique designed to defeat the forces of market competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Wilkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031637895X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316378956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Sam Wilkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860081144063,"sku":"9780316378956","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70497009-5e5a-4dd8-b70d-307c290075ef.jpg?v=1709135354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wealth-secrets-sam-wilkin-9780316378956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}