The other day, I saw this chart floating around Twitter: This was rage-bait, and baby, I was hooked, lined, and sunk.  It was accompanied by the claim that Jeff Bezos paid a 23% effective tax rate* on $4 billion in reported income between 2014 and 2018.  Having just forked over multiple six figures in taxes […]

I used to be basically unaware of my financial standing. My Discover bills and rent were always paid on time, but I couldn’t tell you how much I was saving or what my net worth was. As such, my purchases were relatively low-drama affairs—desire, swipe, and move on, only to be reminded three weeks later […]

“You can’t do anything with five [million dollars], Greg. Five’s a nightmare.”  Wow, two Succession quotes in one month? Someone cancel her Max subscription! Look, one day you’re waltzing through life downplaying Kim Kardashian’s private jet purchase (it’s a write-off!); the next you’re asking 180,000 people where we should draw the line on wealth accumulation. […]

Late last year in a one-woman attempt to save legacy media, I paid $70 for an annual print subscription to New York Magazine. (In all honesty, I was hoping physical reading material I couldn’t Command-T away from would provide a more ~tactile~ experience, and so far, I feel like a 19th century poet every time […]