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SIX at 6: The Man In The Car, Stuff That Doesn’t Work, Expensive Purchases, Giving Permission, Winning Bald, and A Valuable Form of Freedom (opens in new tab)

Man In The Car Paradox In The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel writes about what he calls the “Man in the Car Paradox.” A dominant reason for wanting expensive things is that they seem like a good way to attract the admiration of other people. But in reality, when we see someone in a nice car […] The post SIX at 6: The Man In The Car, Stuff That Doesn’t Work, Expensive Purchases, Giving Permission, Winning Bald, and A Valuable Form of Freedom appeared first on Billy Oppenheimer. The post SI...

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