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Book review: Towers of Gold

Posted December 10, 2008 - 03:15 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Cover of Towers of Gold

It will not, I think, surprise my regular readers to hear that I like to read books about money. All kinds of books about money--not just books on personal finance and frugality, but just about anything, including monetary histories and stories of wealth. Dinkelspiel's new book hits those last two categories (besides being an engaging biography as well).

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The weird logic of economic growth

Posted March 31, 2008 - 05:49 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Grass sprouting in empty sand

Ever notice that we have names for a period when the economy isn't growing (recession or depression), but there's no name for when it is growing?  If they call it anything, economists and politicians call it a "period of normal growth."

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