How would your life change if you consistently brought in $10K every month? What pain would it be worth to learn the skills that make it happen?
I remember the first job I had that paid real money. It was liberating. The financial freedom I achieved gave me the confidence to take radical investmen...
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In 1805, Playfair 1 attempted to understand the mechanism whereby Netherlands sustained wealth for generation after generation and England seemed on the brink of losing theirs. His conclusion was that the shortest line to wealth was from necessity, which, sparking industriousness, created wealth.
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Having just finished an MBA, I\'ve been thinking about the intersection of business and politics a bit. This is a completely new field for me, so in the post below, I explore some ideas that seem connected. Not confident that the ideas land, but want to share what\'s banging around the neurons recently.
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Writing a business book as a novel, something that Goldratt helped make popular, was widespread for a while. This trend led to criticisms of business books being "light fluff", instead of serious works. Novelization improved the breadth of readership and sales of the book, making it a good business...
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Disclaimer: This was originally written to fulfil course work
The impact of insurance on world trade is simple to understand. Transactions, including trade, involve multiple types of risk. Insurance is one way of dealing with risk by aggregating it across multiple owners and thus shifting it away...
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(Note: This article was originally written to fulfill class work.)
Kiva is a platform I have some familiarity with, having made 487 loans, to date. The idea is simple, connect microfinance lenders with capital from the Western do-gooders to re-shape economic destiny in the poorest of countries. Th...
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Back in 2015, I read a book called, The Zurich Axioms, by Max Gunther. Since that time, I have spent a lot of time trying to put Max’s ideas into practice. The following are some of my reflections on what I’ve learnt about greed.
When it com...
Continue reading...Recently someone suggested that if you divide Michael Bloomberg's advertising budget for his 2020 presidential campaign and give a bit to every American and that doing so would wipe out poverty because everyone would have a million dollars. Ignoring the fact that dividing \(500 million by 327 milli...
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