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Stimulate the Economy by Breaking Stuff?

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The video originally comes from the Mises University, and I last saw it at The Daily Capitalist. You can read an article by Frédéric Bastiat on the broken window fallacy at the Mises Economics Blog. “Claude Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist, legislator, and writer who championed private property, free markets, and limited government.”[1]

How I Almost Got Scammed: Lessons Learned from Trouble in “Paradise”

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Enjoying Southeast Asia Last winter, me and the girlfriend went on a one month tour of Southeast Asia. It was a fantastic trip, and the countries we visited were very beautiful; we stopped by Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Taiwan. We took in a lot of sights, ate many different types of food, and took in… [Read More]

How Mutual Funds Rip You Off with Extra Fees and Charges

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In my last post, I showed how index funds allow you to save more money by losing less of your investment returns to management fees. Here is what different management expense ratio (MER) levels will cost you on an initial $10,000 investment at 10% growth compounded annually: