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 [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to the Best of Money Carnival.  If you love carnivals as much as I do then you’re probably not too excited about this one.  Fear not.  This one is different.  How you ask?  Because it’s all subjective and I have control of everything (for this week at least).  You see, for this carnival, bloggers [...]

I’ve spoken with the author of Biography of the Dollar and he is now going to send out a signed copy to the winning entry for our contest!!!! You only have 24 hours left to enter!!  Have you entered yet? Do it now!!

Finally! After 16 months of Weakonomics I’m finally giving away something!  I’m very excited, not only because this is my first giveaway, but because of what I’m giving away.  Last week many of you read my review of Biography of the Dollar, well now I’m giving you a copy.  And no it won’t be my [...]

In keeping with the trend of have a short title followed by a longer title, the full cover of this book reads: Biography of the Dollar: How the mighty buck conquered the world and why it’s under siege.  Of note, I love this cover. The author of this biography is Wall Street Journal reporter Craig [...]

Tom Friedman returns to milk the cash cow he created earlier this decade called The World is Flat.  Milking the cash cow may have a negative tone, but that isn’t always the case.  In fact it’s usually during this that we create our best stuff.  The World is Flat was a more eye-opening book, but [...]