The Number: What Do You Need for the Rest of Your Life and What Will It Cost?
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Summary
In The Number, Lee Eisenberg examines the challenge of putting a price on the life you want and identifying the financial figure needed to support it. It is a 268-page general-interest book about money, priorities, and long-term planning.
Why this book now
Long-term financial decisions still begin with the same difficult question: how much is enough?
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- You enjoy personal-finance books that connect money to life choices rather than treating numbers as the whole story.
- You want a focused 2006 perspective on defining financial sufficiency and the cost of a future life.
- You want a technical investing manual packed with formulas, portfolios, or step-by-step account instructions.
- You prefer financial advice centered on immediate budgeting instead of a broad question about lifelong costs.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780743270328
Worth buying if: You enjoy personal-finance books that connect money to life choices rather than treating numbers as the whole story.
Skip it if: You want a technical investing manual packed with formulas, portfolios, or step-by-step account instructions.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 268 pages, this is a moderate reading commitment suited to a sustained look at money, priorities, and the future.
What stands out here
This Free Press record identifies the 2006 edition, a 268-page general-interest treatment of the financial idea suggested by its title.
Best way to approach it
Read it as a prompt for clarifying what you consider enough, then test its questions against your own financial circumstances.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780743270328
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