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Book Review: Sold My Soul For A Student Loan

Posted on August 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

Sold My Soul For A Student Loan:  Higher Education And The Political Economy Of The Future, by Daniel T. Kirsch This is the sort of book that I would be expected to like more than I actually did.  Like quite … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Debt 101

Posted on August 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

Debt 101:  A Crash Course In Debt Management:  From Interest Rates And Credit Scores To Student Loans And Debt Payoff Strategies, An Essential Primer On Managing Debt, by Michele Cagan This book is a clever examination of debt from the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Value Of Debt

Posted on August 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Value Of Debt:  How To Manage Both Sides Of A Balance Sheet To Maximize Wealth, by Thomas J. Anderson This particular book has a couple of obvious agendas, and while I did not have a problem with either of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Debt: The First 5,000 Years

Posted on August 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Debt:  The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber Now, in reading this book I had an advantage or disadvantage in that I already knew something about the author’s viewpoints from having read another book of his and already knowing that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: …And Forgive Them Their Debts

Posted on August 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

…And Forgive Them Their Debits:  Lending, Foreclosure, And Redemption From Bronze Age Finance To The Jubilee Year, by Michael Hudson I wanted to like this book more than I did.  In this book’s favor, it can be said that the … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Twilight At Monticello

Posted on July 8, 2017 by nathanalbright

Twilight At Monticello:  The Last Years Of Thomas Jefferson, by Alan Pell Crawford, read by James Boles As someone whose views of Thomas Jefferson are somewhat complicated [1], I found it rather noteworthy that this author too had a complicated … Continue reading →

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Seeing Elisha Through The Eyes Of Children

Posted on March 20, 2017 by nathanalbright

Yesterday for my Sabbath School lesson [1], my lesson was on the miracles of Elisha.  Elisha, it should be noted, is one of the better known prophets of the Old Testament [2], and he is recorded to have done twice … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Death By Money Report

Posted on November 2, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Death By Money Report:  The Cause Of Money Stress And How A $10 Solution Can Save Your Financial Life, by Tracy Piercy with Lisa Maxwell [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/WestBow Press.  All thoughts and … Continue reading →

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Wait Until They Ask You Who You Know

Posted on September 10, 2016 by nathanalbright

It tends to be fairly obvious what sort of people influence musicians or writers, or indeed many people involved in creative arts.  For one, many people involved in the creative arts are very willing to discuss those they draw influence … Continue reading →

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The Mutiny Of Norfolk Island

Posted on June 10, 2016 by nathanalbright

The history of Norfolk Island is one with a fair amount of breaks—it was originally colonized by East Polynesians but had long been vacant when it was settled as a penal colony offshore from Australia, then vacant again before it … Continue reading →

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