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26
Aug

Book Review: Nudge – Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, August 26th 2010   1 comment so far   

Nudge, is a book very much in the vein of Predictably Irrational or The Economic Naturalist.  It’s the idea (in layman’s terms) that people are inherently stupid.  We make bad decisions.  Some books just make these observations, but Nudge is a complete package.  It’s: you make bad decisions, they are hard to avoid, here’s how [...]

under: books, economics, government    
29
May

Weakend: Dave Barry

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, May 29th 2010   1 comment so far   

My wife, (The Sheconomist) discovered Dave Barry the other night. I haven’t heard her laugh so hard in a long time. The laughs are similar to the ones heard in the family car on trips in my youth because my entire family loves Dave Barry. She’s definitely earned the last name “Weakonomist”.
If [...]

under: books, media, personal, weakend    
10
May

Two Books Reviews

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, May 10th 2010   Comments Off   

Back in the early days of 2008, I had one reader, me. But I wrote some good stuff back then, things I hope to start talking about again soon. One of my favorite things to do was read and review books, but I don’t have any time to read anymore. In fact, [...]

under: books, personal finance    
12
Apr

We Need Opt-Out Retirement Plans

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, April 12th 2010   4 comments already   

Though I started Nudge last year, I’ve just now resumed reading it. If you’ve already read the book this subject should be familiar. If you haven’t read the book, you should. The only warning is that it’s written by academics, and they never seem to strike the balance between good reading and [...]

under: books, investing, personal finance    
20
Jan

Book Review: SuperFreakonomics

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, January 20th 2010   4 comments already   

If you were around back when I published my review of Freakonomics, you probably know that I’m a huge fanboy of these authors. Not only that but I freely admit that the name “Weakonomics” was inspired by their play on the word “economics”.
So naturally I was stoked to learn that the authors of [...]

under: books, economics, environment, government, jobs, personal finance    
5
Oct

Secrets Of A Stingy Scoundrel Giveaway!!!

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, October 5th 2009   12 comments already   

I hope you’ve read my review of Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel and gotten excited about it because I’m giving a copy away courtesy of the publisher, Skyhorse Publishing!
There are three ways to enter, and you can enter each way once.  That means you get three entries, doing all three increases your chances of winning. [...]

under: books    
5
Oct

Review: Secrets Of A Stingy Scoundrel

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, October 5th 2009   1 comment so far   

You need friends in retail places.  You’ve got friends in high places that could help you get a job but won’t.  And you’ve got friends in low places that make you feel better about yourself.  But you need friends in retail places.
Need furniture?  Make a friend at IKEA.  Electronics?  Best Buy.  Paint?  Home Depot.  You [...]

under: books, lists, personal finance    
28
Sep

Book Review: The Ascent of Money

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, September 28th 2009   5 comments already   

Niall Ferguson is not your typical economic commentator.  He’s not an economist, or journalist, or even a guy with an MBA.  He’s a historian; a historian with a largely business oriented interest and research, but a historian nonetheless.
In 2008 he wrote a book called The Ascent of Money.  I read it almost as soon as [...]

under: banking, books, business, economics    
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