Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- Part I. Expenditure Decisions -- 2. "Day-Old Bread" Is Worth 20,000 a Year -- 3. Managing Your Credit and Your Cash -- 4. To Rent or to Buy: That's the Question -- 5. How Much Insurance Should Noah Have Carried on His Ark? -- 6. The Most Expensive U.S. Colleges Are the Best Bargains -- 8. Bernie Madoff: Mugger, Con, or Scam Artist? -- 7. Minimizing the Bites of the Tax Collectors -- Part II. Investment Decisions -- 9. The Merrill Lynch Hustle: Can You Trust the Brokers? -- 10. Why Are There 10,000 Mutual Funds in America and Only Two and a Half Automobile Firms? -- 11. If You Won 100,000 in the Lottery, How Should You Invest the Money? -- Part III . Financial Planning Decisions -- 12. An Overview of Financial Planning -- 13. Your Social Security Benefits Could Be Worth 300,000 -- 14. If You Don't Know How Much to Save for Retirement, You Won't Save Enough -- 15. Three Plans So You Won't Outlive Your Assets -- 16. A Cruel Choice: Paying for Medical Recoveries or Health Care -- 17. You Can't Take Your Money with You, But You Can Say Where It Goes -- 18. Ciao and Shalom -- Glossary -- Index.