# The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Short, mostly sensible personal finance advice that people find reasonable. Critics note it was written about ten years ago.

## Why people recommend it

- Reasonable, sensible financial advice overall (1 comments): "All-in-all, not terribly bad advice; one could do a lot worse." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140592))

## What people warn about

- Written about ten years ago (1 comments): "This is actually the 'schtick' of a book that was written ten years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49142169))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/psychology-of-money.md): 3 recommend
- [Die with Zero by Bill Perkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/die-with-zero.md): 3 recommend
- [The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-spending-money.md): 3 recommend
- [The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko](https://hackerapproved.com/p/millionaire-next-door.md): 3 recommend
- [The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason](https://hackerapproved.com/p/richest-man-in-babylon.md): 2 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143130528?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780143130529) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack", https://hackerapproved.com/p/index-card/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).