Money

Fuck you money

There are many things money can buy, but the most valuable of all is freedom. Freedom to do what you want and work for whom you respect. Those who live paycheck to paycheck are slaves. Those who carry debt are slaves with even stouter shackles. Don’t think for the moment their masters don’t know it. Chains I first accumulated the modest amount I needed around 1989. Not enough to retire on perhaps, but enough to say F-you if…

Emotional returns vs financial returns

Loose reflection. Since I work in finance, and since my area of focus is around investing and personal finance more broadly, a lot of people—friends, relatives, colleagues—ask me for advice on various aspects of their finances. And in all of this, the one big recurring theme I've noticed time and again is that people…

On having a philosophy of money

A few thoughts on people doing dumb shit with money.

You never know when the carousel stops spinning

One complication of the n+1 listing is not so much the salary itself but the sheer number of responsibilities. A managing editor must oversee all three print issues, supervise fact-checking and proofreading, serve as “product manager” for n+1 Books, plan and execute magazine events and fundraisers, read submissions and respond to pitches, hire interns, and “assist with the management of n+1 programming and day-to-day…