Dick Wagner Explains Finology

The Great Seduction

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

Drawing back from Midas’ touch

Podcast commentary by David Bowman This podcast explores discrete differences between money and value. If money is an instrument of value exchange, does it provide the value we expect of it? Does it hold some types of value well, but not others? If so, what values can we expect to store effectively with money? What

To Move Beyond Financial Planning 2.0, Examine the Unexamined

Full disclosure: Dick Wagner and I were friends. We were colleagues and collaborators. And as he was for so many, Dick was a mentor to me. Long before I ever knew Dick Wagner, I knew of Dick Wagner. Everyone did – you couldn’t attend Retreat without quickly learning who Dick was. But until our paths crossed

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