Economics
Yes. There has been a lot of discussion lately on the rising cost of tuition and the piles of student debt that is crushing recent graduates, but the fact remains higher education is an excellent investment. It will remain so until employers stop valuing college degrees. And I don’t see that happening anytime soon. You [...]
I’m about a third of the way through Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It), and I think I’m going to call it quits. I was expecting something more like Freakonomics or something more Gladwell-esque, but definitely didn’t find it here. Author William Poundstone is a serious academic and [...]
It took a while, but I finally finished Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. You may recognize the cover with its lettuce and the book’s key advice: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” It was a very interesting read, thanks Chris for the recommendation. Pollan believes our “Western Diet” is the [...]
I read a really interesting article in Inc. magazine this week on business in Norway. The gist of it is that Norway — land of Vikings, fjords, and ridiculously high taxes — is beating America at it’s own game. Norway has more entrepreneurs per capita than the US, and their economy grew nearly 3% during [...]
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