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How rich do you really need to be?

Published in April 10th, 2013
Posted by in Early Retirement, Work
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I’m currently reading How to get rich by Felix Dennis. The front cover claims it’s supposed to reveal some secrets to getting rich. I’m currently on page 70 and I haven’t come across as anything revolutionary yet (hopes are high though), but one thing that struck me was a paragraph in the preface, written by [...]

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Economic foundations — think about it

Published in April 10th, 2013
Posted by in Finance, Work
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Everything a person needs or wants requires some form of resources to acquire it. Those resources typically divide into time, skill, and money, and they can be thought of as the input. The output which the person want or needs typically divides into shelter, food, and satisfaction. Everything we do involves some conversion from the [...]

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The disappearance of the middle class

Published in April 10th, 2013
Posted by in Early Retirement, Education, Work
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Zev pointed me in the general direction of Huffington Post and their posts about the disappearance of the middle class and what they refer to as “Third World America” and what we need to do to save it. As I was reading more and more I felt more like grabbing someone and shaking themcompelled to [...]

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