An oil portrait of Samuel Insull at the height of his powers in the mid-1920s.

Merchant of Power Photo Gallery

John Wasik is the author of ten highly-rated titles on various subjects, including:

The Merchant of Power: Samuel Insull, Thomas Edison and the Creation of the Modern Metropolis (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006)
The Bear-Proof Investor (Owl, 2002)
Retire Early and Live the Life You Want Now (Holt, 2000)
The Investment Club Book (Warner, 1996)
Green Marketing & Management: A Global Perspective (Blackwell, 1996)

The Kitchen-Table Investor
The Late-Start Investor

The praise for "Retire Early and Live the Life You Want Now" is unanimous! Read what industry leaders have to say about John's best-seller:

"Stop talking and read this book! John Wasik's 10-step plan will get you there!"

-- Alan Lavine and Gail Liberman, authors of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Money With Mutual Funds


"No longer can you assume doing your job will guarantee a raise or a promotion. A pat on the back isn't even certain. A kick out the door is more likely. This book will help you achieve financial independence before you see your employer's foot coming."

-- Stephen Pollan, best-selling author of Live Rich and Die Broke

"A successful retirement is about more than just having enough money. It's a whole new perspective on living. This is a superb guide to merging the spiritual and the financial into a retirement that really works."

-- John Rubino, author of Main Street, Not Wall Street

"This book is perfect for those yearning to live according to their values instead of society's dictates. Every overworked American who feels trapped by the confines of nine-to-five should buy this book. It's not just a money book, but rather a blueprint for life."

- - Clare LaPlante, author of Wall Street on a Shoestring

"This book is an excellent guide to reaching a dream shared by so many Americans, but is also much more. It redefines prosperity in a comfortable, rational way that reduces money to a simple tool and counts much of what we already have - but don't always see - as a measure of true wealth."

--Dennis Fertig, editor-in-chief of Your Money magazine.

"John has been able to impart real-life investing experiences…and that information is passed along to the reader in a manner that not only makes it interesting, but informative."

--Kenneth Janke, president and CEO of the National Association of Investors Corp.

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My out-of-print books:

The Green Supermarket Shopping Guide

Remember in 1990, when everyone wanted to help the earth in their own small way? Well, this was my contribution, which rated several thousand everyday supermarket items on their environmental soundness. It's a wonderful piece of nostalgia in a time when the Neanderthals in Washington are doing everything they can to roll back nearly every environmental law in sight. If you can find a copy, send it to your Congressional representative with my regards and keep on recycling!


The Green Business Resource Guide

This was my self-published follow-up to the above title, only geared toward businesses. Unfortunately, I think most businesses still haven't gotten the picture that being environmentally sound means higher profits and lower operating costs. It's way out of date, but I have a few copies on hand if you're desperate.


The Electronic Business Information Sourcebook

This was my first book, a reference guide written before anybody knew what the Internet was all about, so it's older than the Roman forum. If you find a copy, you may have a collector's item. Donate it to your local museum. It's a relic.

 

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