Every now and then we read a book we like so much we just have to share it with the world.
Now that we’ve been parents for a few months, I can confidently say all of these items vastly improved our journey into parenthood.
As the proud mother of a now five-year-old daughter, I thought I’d record some of my and my firstborn’s favorite things from this past year as helpful ideas for gifts from grandparents.
David John Marotta was awarded the Featured Detective honor on a recent “Dear Holmes” case.
There are many questions that first time moms ask their veteran friends. Among the top list is, what do you really need to care for a baby?
Before you assume that moral licensing such as Fairtrade is the only ethical consumerism, think again. Understanding how such licensing works shows how little good it actually does.
While there may be ineffective charities which still deserve your support, this process may reveal ways that we can encourage ourselves, our charities, and our charitable giving to do better.
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, David John Marotta appeared on Radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show to talk about his newly co-authored book, “The Haunting of Bob Cratchit.”
A new book by David John Marotta and Brendon Marotta makes you rethink what is happening in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
In the same night in which Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted, the spirits also visit Bob Cratchit.
As the proud mother of a now four-year-old daughter, I thought I’d record some of my and my firstborn’s favorite things from this past year as helpful ideas for gifts from grandparents.
As the proud mother of a now three-year-old daughter, I thought I’d record some of my and my firstborn’s favorite things from this past year as helpful ideas for gifts from grandparents.
Your choices now change the course of your future in significant ways. “Into the Woods” is a cautionary reminder of that.
Your child may be in the thick of feeling out a boundary line by testing all your limits, but it pays off to be patient and trust that they will learn and they will listen.
Nice is different from good. You want a good financial planner not just a nice one.
Knowing what you want is important to directing the course of your life. To have a better life, you need to have a purpose for both you and your money.
When I was a teen, my grandfather George Marotta passed down to me his copy of “What You Need to Know Before You Invest” by Rod Davis. I recommend this book as way to gain a baseline understanding.
As the proud mother of a two-year-old daughter, I thought I’d record some of my and my firstborn’s favorite things from this past year as helpful ideas for gifts from grandparents.
The same grit that drives entrepreneurs to success can drive their investments to failure.
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is one of the best stories for talking about economics.
As the proud mother of a one-year old daughter, I thought I’d record some of my and my firstborn’s favorite things from this past year as helpful ideas for gifts from grandparents.
Dr. Randall Bell develops strategies to overcome problems and maximize peak performance.
Branding is so much more important than advertising.
Kenneth G. Elzinga. Ken is both a nationally renowned economist as well as a locally celebrated professor here in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia.
“Markets have made possible the prospect of the bulk of an economy’s population not being poor and oppressed.”
Ken Elzinga writes the popular Henry Spearman mystery novels under the pen name of Marshal Jevons. We caught up with Professor Elzinga for the following interview.
Read an excerpt from Ken Elzinga’s latest Henry Spearman mystery novel.
In order to inflame the public’s ire about market corruption, the author of “Flash Boys” carefully sidesteps a number of important facts.
Becky Akers is a free-lance writer and historian as well as the author of two novels set during the American Revolution.
The adventure begins as a tale of interstellar travel, but quickly morphs into a space opera and post-apocalyptic survival story.
Finally revealed, the life of Fezziwig, an English businessman during the cusp of the Industrial Revolution.
A celebration of both the joy of family and the comfort of Italian cuisine.
Much of the assistance Americans provide to those in need is doing more harm than good.
Should you buy as much gold as you can get your hands on?
Although it would be wonderful if we lived in a world that lived up to the ideals of the Utopian Vision, we believe along with Stephen Pinker that reality supports the Tragic Vision.
Here are some other dystopian classics for your reading displeasure
Behavioral psychology is uncovering many common mental lapses and offers new ideas for improving decision making in light of these heuristics.
Economic growth is so easy….
The recent AIG marketing campaign makes my skin crawl. In what they are calling “America’s Profit,“ AIG boasts that repayment of the bailouts created a positive return for taxpayers.
I found it very interesting that Bogle directs much of his criticism at the mutual fund industry and even Vanguard itself. Bogle argues that fund companies should be doing a better job challenging the excesses of executives and corporate managers.
Choosing to work less than 80 hours is not wrong, especially not when all you are going to get is that last 30%.
Interview with Donald Jay Korn, author of mystery novels “Payable On Death” and “In For a Pounding” featuring money manager Anderson Crown.
“Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt is one of the classics which should be required reading before voting. It is interesting to see that he knew more in 1946 than the politicians of our age.
“There exists a timeless and flexible process for successful investment management decision making that is specifically tailored for Investment Stewards.”
When Gordon Murphy, an investment banking veteran, was told he only had six months to live, he decided to use his last days to write a book aimed at changing the way most individual investors think about investing.
Don’t put off the things that truly matter to you until you have more time. You will never have any more time than what you are given each day.