The primary purpose of blog reading should be to gain understanding. Reading without increasing understanding is essentially a waste of time. If you find yourself readily agreeing with the author, chances are that you are merely reading along to have the author stroking your ego or feeling less alone. If you find yourself readily understanding [...]

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What’s with the quotation marks? Let me begin with a story [from 2008]… This week DW is in New York. This means the car is parked at the airport. Also, it’s raining heavily which means that I’m not riding my bike. I have made a solemn promise that this bike shall never touch water (grit). [...]

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A History of Interest Rates is the seminal work when it comes to trying to understand (find the principles) that guide interest rates. This is interesting (HA!) because early financial independence(*) relies on being a rentier for almost a century, which is actually quite a long run. This is especially important given the problems humanity [...]

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