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  1. The free software problem

    Rachel mentioned a story about a college professor who, to paraphrase, said that “we kids have no right to complain about all the websites we use (Google Mail, Facebook) because they’re giving everything to us for free”. Well sure, in the traditional economic sense, they are providing a lot for no monetary exchange. But that’s the [...]

    Mar 1, 2010 — 3 Comments

  2. Are Yelp check-ins a conflict of interest?

    The concept of “checking in” to a location using a web-based service is not new. Brightkite, Foursquare, and Gowalla have all been doing this for quite some time. But ever since Yelp has joined the fray, I can’t help but feel awkward about it. We’ve now added the ability for yelpers to “Check-in” to businesses. Active [...]

    Feb 11, 2010 — 4 Comments

  3. Book Review: I Will Teach You To Be Rich

    I was trying to come up with an attention-grabbing title for this book to make sure nobody skimmed past. Frankly, I couldn’t decide between “great personal finance book” or “the greatest personal finance book.” Then I realized, the title sells itself: Ramit Sethi will teach you to be rich. Ramit Sethi is a brilliant guy (he [...]

    Mar 28, 2009 — 2 Comments

  4. The government's role in the economy

    As a follow-up to this week’s previous post about the stock market and automakers, here is Rachel with more on how the economy works. I think one of the most common misconceptions is that the government is in charge of creating money. Yes, they produce physical cash and they attempt to manage the money supply via [...]

    Nov 24, 2008 — 4 Comments

  5. Stock market misconceptions

    I’ve been thinking about the economy a lot lately, as I’m sure many of you have. It amazes me how much opinion we’re told (new sources, friends, etc.) but very little fact behind all the arm waving. This isn’t meant to be comprehensive but I want to make a few misconceptions clear: The company doesn’t see [...]

    Nov 23, 2008 — 3 Comments

  6. Save money sooner than later

    You may not realize it but your money right now is worth much more than you could imagine. What if I told you it was possible to turn $14,000 into $1,400,000 with no effort? No, this isn

    Dec 13, 2006 — 8 Comments