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Facts and Figures Changes in the real price of homes, car, and college tuition as compared to income: Source: NY Times, Census Bureau, KBB. Note: some of the author’s numbers appear to be off – slightly in the case of household income, significantly in the case of new car prices (unless he wrote average but meant median). The point remains. [From 2000 to 2013]: "Every major metro area in the country that has been losing population and/or jobs is actually gaining people with c

“Good Reading” started out as an email exchange with a friend. I would read something interesting and send it to him, or vice versa, and then it would get forwarded around to a few of our friends, colleagues, etc. After a while a few people asked to join "the list” directly – even though there was no actual list – and the rest is history. There was no grand plan or idea. Sharing interesting reading material, especially things that have not already been highlighted by the usua