Joe Atikian: 2 books

America's embargo against Cuba has obviously had a broad and serious impact on the island's economy, but nobody has said exactly why it is obvious. We hear that food is rationed and that medicines are scarce, and yet Cuba's life expectancy is just as good as America's. Newspapers report that cars...

After decades of modern financial advice, the vast majority of people have not saved much money. Instead, consumer debt is growing while savings and net worth are falling. No wonder. The incentives are all wrong. Financial writers say that saving money involves the pain of sacrifice, scaling down...