パーソナルファイナンス専門の作家で大学講師でもあるロバート・キヨサキが、全く違うタイプである2人の人物の影響を受けて構築した、ユニークな経済論を展開している。1人は高学歴なのに収入が不安定な彼自身の父親、そしてもう1人は親友の父親で、13才のとき学校を中退した億万長者である。彼の「貧乏人のパパ」は一生のあいだ金銭問題に悩まされ、ついには家庭生活崩壊の憂き目をみる（立派な人物ではあるが、週払いの小切手では家計が潤うことは1度もなかった）。一方、「お金持ちのパパ」はそれとは全く対照的な人生を謳歌することとなる（「金のために働く下層・中産階級」が「自分のために使う金には困らないお金持ち」になったのだ）。この教訓を肝に銘じていた筆者は、47才で仕事をリタイアすることができた。コンサルタント兼公認会計士のシャロン L. レクターとの共著である本書では、彼とお金との関わりあいを支えてきた哲学が披露されている。 筆者の言い分が延々と続くのにはうんざりさせられるが、それでもなお、学校教育では絶対教えてくれない「経済面でのリテラシー」の必要性を主張する本書は説得力がある。変わりばえのしない仕事を極めることよりも、収入を元手に資産を賢く殖やすことの方が、最終的には必ず人生に富をもたらすという主義に基づき、仕事に見切りをつけるための資産を得るにはどうしたらよいかを教えてくれる。
Product Description
Anyone stuck in the rat-race of living paycheck to paycheck, enslaved by the house mortgage and bills, will appreciate this breath of fresh air. Learn about the methods that have created more than a few millionaires. This is the first abridged miniature edition of Rich Dad Poor Dad. The full-length edition has sold millions as a New York Times bestseller. As proven by the runaway success of The Secret and like titles, changing one’s thinking to influence one’s fortune sells big, and forms the basis of rich dad’s advice. Learn to think like a rich dad and let your money work for you!
Amazon.com Review
Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective through exposure to a pair of disparate influences: his own highly educated but fiscally unstable father, and the multimillionaire eighth-grade dropout father of his closest friend. The lifelong monetary problems experienced by his "poor dad" (whose weekly paychecks, while respectable, were never quite sufficient to meet family needs) pounded home the counterpoint communicated by his "rich dad" (that "the poor and the middle class work for money," but "the rich have money work for them"). Taking that message to heart, Kiyosaki was able to retire at 47. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written with consultant and CPA Sharon L. Lechter, lays out his the philosophy behind his relationship with money. Although Kiyosaki can take a frustratingly long time to make his points, his book nonetheless compellingly advocates for the type of "financial literacy" that's never taught in schools. Based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line results than even the best of traditional jobs, it explains how those assets might be acquired so that the jobs can eventually be shed. --Howard Rothman
