Crypto
Gene GlotzerPhoto by Executium on Unsplash A little while ago, I wrote an article for Phlexible Philosophy about money. The gist of the article was that money is a tool and…
Cash or Credit
Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash For a long time, I've held two contradictory opinions simultaneously. One is that credit card companies are about the most evil things on the…
Money
My partner, Jamil, wrote this piece about the problems with housing being an investment rather than shelter. He said he wanted to start a conversation, so here's my contribution. ***…
Paid Sick Leave
I was sick this week. A non-serious, but icky, kind of sick. I won't go into the details here. But, I stayed home from work for a couple of days. …
Lies My Economist Told Me
There's this weird feature in life where if people say things often enough, they become common knowledge and people stop questioning them. The world of economics has raised the art of…
The Kid Economy
Some time between my childhood and now, the kid economy disappeared. When I was young, I had a paper route and I shoveled driveways. When I was in high school, I scooped ice…
The Business of Baseball
If you follow baseball, you will inevitably hear someone say, “It’s a business.” Most people never stop to think about what a strange statement that is. On the one hand,…