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📫 Formula & Incentives – Weekend Words #055
Powerful reminders for a smarter weekend
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Happy Saturday. Your weekend words are: formula and incentives.
“Everyone can spend money in a way that will make them happier. But there is no universal formula on how to do it.”
—Morgan Housel, The Art of Spending Money
Read our book spotlight, then buy the book (first published this week)
“What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don't need to make smart decisions—if they can get rich making dumb decisions? The incentives on Wall Street were all wrong; they're still all wrong.”
—Michael Lewis, The Big Short
More from the author in our word of the week: Liquidity
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