"Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did.” John Wesley John Wesley's eighteenth-century message about personal finance, 'Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.' is as radical today as it was three centuries ago. Perhaps more so. Gain Save Give updates Wesley's words for today's concerned Christian, and for all who want their money and resources to make a positive impact for good in the world. As we look forward to a post-pandemic world, this practical guide will help you: - Gain productively - Save efficiently - Give effectively Gain Save Give stands alongside best seller finance books by authors like Dave Ramsey and JL Collins, but focuses more on what we do with the resources with which we are entrusted. Each chapter concludes with some actions you can put into practice right away, so we can all get a little closer to using money for good. 'Peter Dixon's book takes John Wesley's thoughts and translates them for today's world. Wesley's genius is his absolute relevance for a contemporary world. I warmly commend this book to you.' Richard J Teal, President of the Methodist Conference.

The truth is that there is something within you that is not in harmony with what you believe. Your will is not in harmony with what should be. There is something within you that sees the world and knows that these answers are not leading to what actually should be. All through life you have chosen to look at the world as you are and what your circumstances told you. You never took time to look at it as it is and at its true nature, for I tell you the painful truth: life is really simple, but you insist on complicating it. For a long time you have listened to outside noises and ignored the voice inside you. You have forgotten the person you were before the world told you who you are, for I say to you, take a look at the world closely. Now see what I see, feel what I feel, understand what I understand, and perceive what I perceive. According to religion, 99 percent are going to heaven. According to the Son of Man, a mere 1 percent is going to hell. For I tell you the truth, not all you have been told is what truly is, for some people have been fooled most of this time, but I tell you the truth, not all of the people can be fooled all of the time. For a long time you have searched for the door to the truth only to realize that you had the key all along, for I tell you the truthyou are what you think, not what you think you are. Think about it. Now think about it.

Give. Live. Save. is a counterintuitive, common-sense way to look at and win in your finances. Winning in your finances is any small financial discipline created that helps you produce forward momentum on your financial journey. These disciplines include the first three nonnegotiables in your budget, which should also be prioritized in your life. These disciplines are needed for you to build a solid foundation for today and will help you build a legacy for tomorrow. Start with give because it forces you to live on less than you make, softens your heart, and makes you a better person. You become more outwardly focused, and it helps you stop comparing your life to others. This will help you clear clutter from your life by consuming less nonessentials and just collecting stuff. Next is live. Your family is your support system. As they are your support system, it is your responsibility to make sure your family has their basics needs covered! Make sure your family has food on the table, roof over their heads, and basic transportation and clothing before you even worry about paying your other bills. Taking care of your family will help them see your vision and be all the support you need to help the entire family win financially and build a legacy for future generations. You will also be taught the importance of getting out of debt in order to build a solid foundation for your financial future. The final one is save. Saving is all about protecting your current financial situation by helping you stay on solid ground by saying no to debt. You will be taught to use your own money to cover your emergencies, fund your lifestyle, and plan for your future. Prioritizing these three disciplines in your finances will not only help you win financially but these disciplines will translate into many other areas of your life.

Here is a bold history of economics - the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. Noted financial writer and economist Mark Skousen has revised and updated this popular work to provide more material on Adam Smith and Karl Marx, and expanded coverage of Joseph Stiglitz, 'imperfect' markets, and behavioral economics.This comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers of the past 225 years begins with Adam Smith and continues through the present day. The text examines the contributions made by each individual to our understanding of the role of the economist, the science of economics, and economic theory. To make the work more engaging, boxes in each chapter highlight little-known - and often amusing - facts about the economists' personal lives that affected their work.