I’ve been doing regular posts on financial topics from a geographic perspective. These selfishly serve my own interest since I’m a geographer by trade, but my main goal is to help those who may be considering geoarbitrage as a way...
In an effort to appeal to cutting edge hipster’s and the frugal extreme who have taken to dumpster-diving, McDonald’s last week debuted it’s new McDumpster Supreme hamburger. “While many think of McDonald’s as a legacy company, we want to show...
Throughout most of my career I’ve held a second job as an adjunct instructor at a local University. After my salary at my main job got to a certain point, I often wondered why I was doing this. I didn’t...
How bad is financial illiteracy in the US? How about the world? Bloomberg ran this piece discussing a three question financial literacy test which was given as part of the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey to 16,000 people in 15 countries. Here...
“Wake up, it is time!” a voice shouted in broken English, breaking the metronomic sound of the tent flapping in the wind. It was 12:30am, and I didn’t have anything to wake up from. I was up. I put my...
If you landed on my blog because you like reading about financial independence or early retirement and are wondering why I’m reviewing a book titled “Why We Sleep”, fear not. Here’s the deal – most people are under slept because...
One of the key rules for smart money management is to focus on the “big three”. What are the big three? For the vast majority of households the three biggest expenses are housing, transportation, and food. If you save the...
Aries While waiting in line at CVS with your girlfriend, you second-guess the 30 cents saved on those Kirkland condoms at Costco. Taurus New possibilities for frugality are explored as you anxiously await the next one-day sale on divorce paperwork...
My first job out of college earned me $20,000 per year, which is about $35,000 in today’s dollars. Not exactly a high income start to my career, but I was just happy to land a job. When I got out...
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