Tis the season to find enlightening books for the businesspeople in your life.

We’re here to help with four bestsellers that provide valuable insights on building personal wealth, the AI revolution, an epic financial crash with echoes of today’s manic markets, and how perfection became the enemy of the good in stalling needed economic and social progress.

Happy holiday reading.

‘The Wealthy Barber — Your Common-Sense Guide To Successful Financial Planning’

David Chilton (2025; Financial Awareness)

Chilton begins this ‘Fully Updated’ version of his 1989 bestseller with his fictional barber saying, “You can do this.”

That might be the best line in this very useful book.

Yes, you can accumulate wealth by simply “paying yourself first” — committing 10 per cent of each and every paychequ

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