Finance is not merely about making money. It's abo... -Robert J. Shiller

Finance is not merely about making money. It's about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It's about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society.

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Finance is not merely about making money. It's about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It's about stewardship and, ther...
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People who stay unemployed for a long time start to look like damaged goods, and they don't get such good offers. Also, they're not learning anything....
I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest rates, but allow for people to avoid being exposed t...
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