My position is that you don't have to like an author to learn something from his book. I learned a lot from Kiyosaki and have made multiple 7 figures by changing my ideas about money and moving into real estate from index funds after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad (and dozens of other books). While I certainly don't buy everything he preaches or agree with everything he says or does, learning to accumulate assets instead of liabilities, learning that your day job is not what will make you rich, learning to use leverage in real estate to safely boost returns and avoiding leverage for consumer purchases, etc. has definitely changed my world for the better. Without a doubt, I would be significantly poorer if I just followed the index fund/401k advice I knew before reading that book. And I believe that many others can benefit (and have benefited) from these ideas as well. Interestingly, you didn't give an alternative that you think is better for people to read?