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Money Stuff

My worst financial investment was not buying vodka, but everyone else is ever crazier on the subject of money.

July 25, 2021July 26, 202115 Comments
money

Get Rich Real Slowly

An overview of low-risk ways to save up money (savings accounts, CDs, index funds...) and how much of a scam each one is.

June 3, 2019September 2, 2019personal finance12 Comments
money

Buying Value, Not Price

A few ways to think about the overall value of a purchase, which often has little to do with what the purchase costs.

April 13, 2019lifestyle11 Comments
money, policy and economics

Finance Followups

A few thoughts on how finance improves and why it sometimes sucks.

January 1, 2019June 2, 2019finance15 Comments
money

Debt is an Anti-investment

Should you pay off debt or invest the money instead? To answer this it's useful to think of debt as the opposite of a risk-free investment, and to put a number on the risk.

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018investment8 Comments
effective altruism, money

I Am not a Tax Lawyer

The new tax plan appears to make deducting charitable donations harder, but that just means that effective altruists get to have more fun gaming the code. I offer five schemes to get tax benefits from your donations, just remember that I'm not actually a tax lawyer.

December 23, 2017December 25, 2017charity, personal finance, taxes11 Comments
money

Familiar Finance

People have lent money to family and friends since money was invented, and I have been doing it since I was a teenager. So why is the internet unanimous in saying that it's a terrible idea?

February 27, 2017July 19, 2021finance, personal finance13 Comments
life, money

Get Rich Slowly

Putanumonit's simple and suboptimal guide to personal finance and investment.

February 10, 2017January 28, 2019finance, investment, retirement47 Comments
money, policy and economics

We Are the 100 Percentiles

No table of income distribution tells the whole story, so I had to make up one.

June 23, 2016June 26, 2016income distribution, inequality, made up statistics9 Comments
money

Shopping for Happiness

Can money buy happiness? Of course! Just follow a few principles and a simple formula, and when in doubt: buy good soap.

May 11, 2016April 13, 2019happiness, spending39 Comments
effective altruism, meta, money

Power Against Poverty – Donation Update

Putanumonit has raised more than $8,000 for a trial of basic income in Africa, including reader donations and my own matching.

May 3, 2016May 19, 2017charity7 Comments
money

The Bummer Economy

How my friends and I created our own currency and turned the delegation of chores into a fun mini-economy.

April 2, 2016February 28, 2017currency, economics, fiat money13 Comments
money, Something else, sports

Super Bowl Props Extravaganza 2016

The prop betting game that will make your Super Bowl party unforgettable regardless of whether you give a crap about football.

February 4, 2016July 26, 2017gambling, prop bets, Super Bowl2 Comments
math class, meta, money

Martin Lotto King

Some housekeeping notes and figuring out what the jackpot has to be for a positive-value lottery.

January 19, 2016June 15, 2016lottery, math, MLK, statistics13 Comments
money

Lottoptimization

On the eve of Powerball mania, some advice on making the most of lotteries (whether you play or not) using the power of math and optimism.

January 13, 2016June 15, 2016charity, lottery, math, optimization, rationality19 Comments

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