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What I Learned About the Economy From Watching Food, Inc. (dir. Robert Kenner, 2009)

June 30, 2009 · 17 comments

in agriculture, business, capitalism, commodities, economy, films, health, infrastructure, nutrition, survival

NB: As you can imagine from watching a film like Food, Inc., it can be hard to separate the emotion and just report “calmly” on the plain facts presented by the film.  Originally I wrote this the same day I saw it, but I’ve since gone back and edited it to try to tone down [...]

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More Evidence Showing That Losing Weight Is Correlated With Becoming Wealthier

May 30, 2009 · 11 comments

in discipline, health, wealthbuilding, weight loss

If you lose a lot of weight, you’re more likely to also gain in wealth.  Thus finds an Ohio State University study from a few years ago.  The basic idea, as I understand it, is probably that (1) those motivated to lose that much weight will also be motivated to improve their finances and (2) [...]

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Off The Waist and Into the Wallet: Save At Least $100/mo. By Fasting For Financial Fitness

May 21, 2009 · 11 comments

in discipline, financial fitness, health, savings, wealthbuilding

Too bad it wasn’t the other way around: hard to spend money and easy to lose weight, right?  Why is it just the opposite?  We spend money on food and then we get it back in the form of fat (unless we’re really active and good about all of our food choices) — and I’m [...]

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