You may find the writing technique a little different than the style used by authors today, but it is certainly worth reading. This book will easily pay for itself. With the markets at record highs, and everyone singing the same tunes, this book is timely. Nothing, perhaps, is more frustrating to an individualist than to be mired in a modern group-led, massive, corporate organization. The unfortunate guy should get out and seek contentment elsewhere, regardless of the loss of security which goes with conformity.
Nonconformists are in the tiny majority.
If you want to get an idea of what goverment's role should really be, and why Alan Greenspan may be the best thing to happen to the fed, I encourage you to read this book. How high school students could master this book is beyond me. Yes, there's lots of symbolism and such, but is it worth it.