We are living the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” You might recall the movie; it’s about this wonderfully naïve George Bailey (imagine Ben Bernanke), who upon the death of his father (Alan Greenspan, even though he retired) is selected by the board of directors to run the family business. The family business in the movie
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Podcast Commentary“It’s funny, the thing I keep thinking about after the fact is how the brain is simply a part of the body. It’s so obvious, yet somehow so buried. I’m someone who’s long been interested in the body and its wisdom, yet I really never thought about it like that. I think the financial
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The Great Seduction By DAVID BROOKS Published: June 10, 2008 The people who created this country built a moral structure around money. The Puritan legacy inhibited luxury and self-indulgence. Benjamin Franklin spread a practical gospel that emphasized hard work, temperance and frugality. Millions of parents, preachers, newspaper editors and teachers expounded the message. The result
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