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Get a Financial Life

An updated edition of the New York Times bestseller: “A tremendously useful guide to all the essentials of sound personal finance” in your 20s and 30s (Fortune).

This is a completely revised and updated fourth edition of Get a Financial Life—the book that has served for more than two decades as a down-to-earth guide for younger adults on how to get out of debt, learn to save, and invest for the future. Beth Kobliner shares brand-new insights and concrete, actionable advice geared to help a new generation deal with challenges like student debt and sky-high rents, and form healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime. From tackling taxes to boosting credit scores to making smart decisions about investments, insurance, and more, Get a Financial Life is an essential resource that can help you avoid all-too-common money mistakes.

“Sometimes the very best books are the simplest. And that’s the beauty of Get a Financial Life . . . it offers the fundamental ABCs of how to manage your money.” —USA Today

“A highly readable and substantial guide.” —The New York Times

“Get it. Read it. Reference it often.” —Kiplinger’s

Beth Kobliner

Beth Kobliner is a personal finance commentator and journalist, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Get a Financial Life as well as a book for parents, Make Your Kid a Money Genius (Even If You’re Not). Beth was selected by President Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans, dedicated to increasing the financial know-how of kids of all ages and economic backgrounds. A former staff writer at Money magazine, Beth has contributed to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Today, Sesame Street, and NPR.

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