What is my final goal?
What would a satisfying life actually look like for me?
ECONOMICS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS YOU MAKE
Think economically.
Live deliberately.
You have two scarce resources with which to build your life: time and money. How you allocate them helps determine the life you ultimately experience.
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ECONOMICS
OF YOU
Think economically.
Live deliberately.MARK A. NADLER, PH.D.
ECONOMICS
OF YOU
Think economically.
Live deliberately.MARK A. NADLER, PH.D.
THE BOOK
A different kind of economics book.
This book applies economic reasoning to the choices that shape a human life. Scarcity, competing ends, economic price, marginal reasoning, time, money, agency, strategy, and choice become tools for asking: Are the decisions I make building the life I actually want?
THE FRAMEWORK
Four questions. One life.
Whose values will guide my choices?
Am I building the life I value—or the life others expect?
What commitments am I willing to make?
Values become consequential when they become commitments.
How will I pay for my commitments?
Every commitment ultimately requires time, money, or both.
THINK ECONOMICALLY
“Can I afford it?”
“What am I actually giving up?”
A visible price tells you what something costs in dollars. An economic price asks what else those resources could have provided.
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FEATURED READINGBenjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
The Way to Wealth
1758
WHY I RECOMMEND IT
Franklin understood that knowledge alone is not enough. His short essay connects industry, frugality, discipline, and action—and reminds us that people can understand good advice and still do the opposite.