Steven Manuel and Mark Parrett continue their conversation about poverty (10:30) as Mark reviews the book Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Eldar Shafir and Sendhil Mullainathan. It describes, with research, how “not having enough” impacts people. It makes us stupid, insecure, impulsive, makes us spend money unnecessarily, etc. Mark tells about a dumb purchase he made at Princeton (38:30), dealings with poor tenants (44:30), hamster-wheel living (49:40), and all the gross things that a poverty spirit produces. Here at Abe’s Wallet… we hate poverty (and love PLANNING, which is one of the antidotes to it)!
Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel continue their series on training children financially. In PART TWO of this series, they discuss the HOW of financial...
Could we be more excited to answer some listener emails right on the air? Nay. In this episode we hit questions about work, mortgages,...
There are for kinds of men. Boys, Evil men, passive men and good men. At first, it seems obvious that the evil man is...