Only 10,001?  I really expected more.  10,001 is a number I can respect.  I don’t like round numbers like 250, 10, and 75.  Back in college I wrote my roommate checks for $323.99 and tossed in a $1 bill and a penny for the $325 I owed him.  While he didn’t appreciate it, numbers like [...]

A couple of weeks ago I received the most flattering email about my work on Weakonomics since I started about a year ago.  The gentleman that sent this message also took the opportunity to ask some questions about finance, and business as a whole.  To protect his identity, I’ve changed his name to Sam.  Sam [...]

Like all the other behavior economics books you’ve read, this one has a long title too: “The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas”  Quite a mouthful.  The author is a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Frank.  Frank, like Dan Ariely, is one of those high ranking professors at a top [...]

I want to thank everyone for their input as I compiled the Best of 2008, your help was greatly appreciated.  Ultimately, these are Weakonomics awards so I did have the final decision.  Thanks and see you next year! Websites: Hulu – Watch your favorite TV shows online, free. Goodreads – There is a whole Facebook [...]

I love behavioral economics, the study of how thoughts and emotions influence our decisions.  My specific interest is in behavioral finance, which would be how those thoughts and emotions influence our relationship with money.  Months ago, I had run out of good behavioral economics books to read, so I contacted one of the editors of [...]

Thanksgiving is over, next stop, Chrismahanukwanzakah. We’re also about to enter the last month of the year we wish we could all forget.  Economically speaking, 2008 is one of the worst years on record.  From a personal standpoint it was a great year though, so I focus on that. One of the best distractions I’ve [...]

John Perkins, the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man should write fiction.  This guy can tell one hell of a story. This auto-biography is Perkins’ account of being an economic hit man (EHM) for the NSA.  He did not know he was since he was never employed by the NSA.  Instead he worked [...]

I’ve been busy lately with some professional projects, and because of this I haven’t been able to read many books.  I am finally free of this burden and can begin reading again.  I was very proud to discover I have read 18 books this year.  That is about 16 more than my previous annual record. [...]