Wealth Secrets of the 1% – Sam Wilkin

What actually creates extraordinary wealth? Wealth Secrets of the 1% looks beyond familiar “work hard and save” advice to explore the historical, economic, and strategic forces behind some of the world’s greatest fortunes.

Sam Wilkin examines business empires, market power, competitive advantage, behavioural economics, and global finance to show how multi-millionaires and billionaires often build wealth through positioning and opportunity rather than effort alone. Thought-provoking and entertaining, it offers a contrarian alternative to a conventional get-rich manual.

Rated approximately 3.7/5 on Goodreads from around 350 readers. Readers praise its historical examples and economic insight. Some feel those examples occasionally run long and note that the book explains how fortunes were created more than it provides step-by-step personal-finance advice.

Perfect for fans of The Psychology of Money, Freakonomics, The Millionaire Next Door, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Outliers, and The Intelligent Investor.

Ideal for readers interested in:

• Economics and financial markets
• Business history and global finance
• Wealth creation
• Competitive advantage and market power
• Behavioural economics
• Data-driven nonfiction

A trade paperback (2015) in Very Good condition, with minor shelf wear, clean and intact pages, and a tight binding.