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How to handle financial inequality with friends and family

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Do your friends and family earn more (or less) than you? Let’s talk about when financial inequality arises in your personal relationships. … Read More

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Why prices actually fall as you build wealth

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Cost is a psychological phenomenon as much as it is a mathematical phenomenon. Back in my college days, the question was, which can I afford to get at Denny’s, a soda or fries? Could I afford to get both? (Actually, … Read More … Read More

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Can someone please explain to me why there is so much wage disparity?

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I worked in retail for many years. I sometimes have nightmares that I’ll have to go back to it. And yet, I think my retail experiences were relatively tame. A department story, a toy store, a gas station, Kinko’s. I … Read More … Read More

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The problems with charity

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  Ultimately, I think the system of charity, which is hard enough to engage in as it is, is all wrong. The system as it stands right now is: those who have more choose to give to those who have … Read More … Read More

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Is personal responsibility enough?

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  As should be pretty obvious by now if you’ve been reading for a while, you know that I’m a very big fan of taking responsibility for your own life, and specifically your finances. (And, if not, welcome!) I believe … Read More … Read More

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