Warren Buffett, who Forbes listed in 2018 as the third richest person in the world, has famously said that the right amount of money to leave one's children is "Enough that they can do anything they want, except nothing." That's what the "The Million Dollar...
When I was a younger man, I got myself into some trouble now and again. Don't let your imaginations run wild; I got into some small town, "You're twenty-one years old and do some dumb things" kind of trouble, not the "We're filing charges" kind...
In the late spring of 1989, just a few weeks shy of my fourteenth birthday, I got my first paying job. My neighbor's son-in-law, Ray, had spotted me at some yard work and asked, "Hey--you looking for a job?" as he drove by in his...
I first heard of Geoffrey Canada in 2008 when his story was featured on the NPR program, This American Life . (You can listen to it here .) His ambitious program to end poverty captured my imagination in its simplicity. He and his team approached...