As a married guy, I certainly have a bias towards the latter. But being married means less time going out after work and networking, maybe time taken up by kids, and likely less travel. Fewer chances to meet new people and impress the boss can lead to a hindered career compared to single guys. But [...]

Carol Chambers, a District Attorney in Colorado, has started paying performance bonuses to her prosecutors. Should a government official, whose job it is to prosecute alleged criminals, be given a bonus for getting convictions? My first thought is no, but it is based on my view of how the court system works. And that is [...]

No need for sympathy cards. While I did contract this highly contagious disease from the general population, I’ve learned to live with it. Economic Ebola (EE?) is Paul Kedrosky‘s term*  for people that entered the world of finance instead of pursuing some other career such as engineer or scientist.  I was on track to become [...]

Adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) were largely unheard of to many people until the credit crisis. They received an unfair portion of the blame for the meltdown as well. It wasn’t these loans per se, it was poor due diligence (sometimes intentionally) on potential buyers that put them in mortgages like ARMs. As a quick refresher, [...]

Last night I tweeted: I challenge ONE consumer goods company to not play into the stupid dad/husband character to sell their crap. No one has answered my call, but I’ll give them some time. Until then, let me explain what I’m talking about. There is a tired stereotype in consumer products advertising that uses the [...]

The Nudge Blog posted a video from (I’m guessing) the French Canadian version of a Flash Mob. It’s a good illustration of the bystander effect. The bystander effect was originally used to explain why no one would help someone in distress. They assume someone else will. The more people watching the less likely any one [...]

The NCAA tournament resumes tonight. In honor of the return of the best playoffs in all of sports I decided to butcher the fun and find the correlations between March Madness and business.  Thanks to Investopedia for some inspiration: The playing field is never level: In the NCAA tournament certain teams get in for being [...]

The headline reads: How to Stash $1 Million+ in Savings According to the article, step 1 is: become a doctor.