These brief remarks are for those who’ve asked me to summarize the main themes in my book,
What Your Money Means and How to Use It Well (Frank J. Hanna, III, Crossroad Publishing, 2008).

In my past few postings, I've asked lots of questions about how we ought to be handing our wealth.  A more fundamental question is whether, in fact, there are reasonable criteria that allow us to provide reliable answers to those questions.  Is it possible to figure out — once and for all — just what it means for us to have money, and what we should be doing with it? What Your Money Means is the result of my efforts to discover the answer to those questions.

Although it answers to those questions for people who’ve inherited Old Money, it's really aimed at hard-working men and women who are still deeply engaged in intense efforts to generate wealth: folks who have strong wills, quick minds, and a sure grasp of what it takes, day-by-day, to make money now. If, like me, you value the virtues of capitalism and moral virtue but have too often been stymied when you’ve tried to figure out just what you should be doing with your wealth, then buy the book, or come back here as we address many of its themes.