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Author: Rob Lewis
The Economic Naturalist: Book Review
I mentioned yesterday about my summer holiday reading, and that I’d picked up this book along with Tim Hardford’s The Undercover Economist. The Economic Naturalist by Robert H Frank aims to show how economics can be used to explain almost everything, and lecturer Frank uses questions submitted by his students as inspiration for the sections […]
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Downbranding: Finding Cheaper Alternatives
Here’s an interesting post on downbranding – buying a less expensive version of a product which is available in 2 or more different brands. Possibly the best example of this is supermarket own brand food, e.g. baked beans. You know that it wouldn’t make sense for Tesco to run it’s own factories for producing everything […]
Holiday Reading Book Reviews
You may remember that a few weeks ago I asked for you recommendations for some holiday reading with a personal or general finance theme. I only got one suggestion (“The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need” by Andrew Tobias), so I decided to see what the book stores at the airport could offer (I know, […]
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Smoking Ban One Year On
July 1st 2007 saw the ban on smoking in public places come into force, and by several accounts, the results have been pretty impressive, with an estimated 400,000 people giving up smoking since then. And as far as the personal finances of those who have given up go, then should they have now been a […]
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Children’s Accidents Compensation Claims
I was watching some kids TV on one of our Freeview channels a couple of days ago when I was shocked to see an advert for a company who will try to get you compensation for any accidents your children have had. I’m used to trying to avoid these people on the high street (“Had […]
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