The Woke Salaryman Crash Course on Capitalism & Money

The Woke Salaryman is a Singapore-based webcomic and blog that makes personal finance easier to understand.

Preface 4Chapter 1: Accept That Life Is Unfair 7How much in life is actually up to you? 15The Four Horsemen of Success 39Stop blaming the poor for being poor 51Chapter 2: Start Your Financial Revolution 71The first $100k is the hardest, but it gets easier 77Young people are obsessed with investing.Here's why they should not be 105The 10 timeless principles to increase your income 129Why you should think like a business (sometimes) 145Chapter 3: The Realities of the 2020s 165My generation had it worse 171Why inequality looks the way it does 203How I feel about foreigners moving into my homeland 217Chapter 4: Be Wealthier than the Rich 243Why some rich people will never be happy 247Why I'm shamelessly downgrading 271Should I hustle? Or should I lie flat? 297Chapter 5: Parting Words 321Appendix 325For investing newbs: a simple way to consider financial instruments 327Building a globally diversified portfolio via ETFs for beginners 339Index 343