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Listen, Rich People, something you should know about me is that my brain is owned and operated by a trio of opposing, hustling forces (the Three Grind Mice, if you will), constantly grappling with one another for control.  The first mouse is Curiosity, genuinely open-minded and steering me in the direction of truth, no matter […]

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 […]

A few months ago, a 93-year-old billionaire donated $1 billion of her wealth to a medical school to make it free for its students…forever.  It might seem counterintuitive that a billionaire making medical school free in perpetuity could inspire conversation about wealth limits, but in her piece for The Atlantic, columnist Christine Emba notes that […]