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#1 in Personal FinanceNew Release

Thrift

by Samuel Smiles

Spending less than you earn, argued at book length before anyone called it budgeting.

Smiles makes the case that saving is less about money than about self-command, and walks through wages, drink, debt, insurance, and the difference between economy and meanness. A Victorian ancestor of the personal-finance shelf, aimed squarely at working households.