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Does Die With Zero hold up?

Die With Zero by Bill Perkins is one of the 102 money books on The Money Shelf. The shelf links it to 1 of the 22 claims that the book tests against official records from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Each verdict below comes from that test.

Claim 17 · The book makes this claim

Die with zero: spend it down on purpose

Holds with conditions

The claim holds as a challenge for households with a surplus above their own needs.

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Die With Zero raised the question. The records take it further: every figure dated, every source named, and the arithmetic worked through for three countries.

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