Synopsis: Morgan Housel in The Psychology of Money tells us that doing well with money isn’t about what you know — it’s about how you behave. In 19 short stories, Morgan Housel unpacks the psychological biases and quirks that shape our financial decisions, offering a refreshingly human take on wealth, greed, and happiness that’s sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
Finance is usually taught as a math problem — spreadsheets, formulas, precise answers. But Morgan Housel argues that’s exactly why so many smart people still make bad decisions with money: because in the real world, financial choices aren’t made on a spreadsheet. They’re made at the dinner table, shaped by ego, fear, pride, and the unique version of the world each person carries in their head.
Across 19 short, story-driven chapters, Housel explores the strange and often irrational ways people think about saving, investing, risk, and wealth — pulling from history, behavioral psychology, and everyday life rather than technical theory. The result isn’t a how-to guide full of formulas, but a set of timeless lessons on why patience, humility, and long-term thinking usually beat cleverness when it comes to money.
Since its release, The Psychology of Money has become a modern personal-finance classic, praised by voices like James Clear and the Wall Street Journal for turning complex financial ideas into gripping, easy-to-digest narrative. Whether you’re deep into investing or just trying to make sense of your own relationship with money, this book offers clarity that no spreadsheet ever could.
Notable: Sunday Times #1 bestseller, over 10 million copies sold worldwide
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- Title: The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
- Author: Morgan Housel
- Publisher: Harriman House
- Publication date: September 2020
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN-13: 9780857197689
- Pages: 256 pages
- Genre: Personal finance / Behavioral psychology
- Condition: Very Good
- Availability: Sold
- Price: KES500
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