The Best Articles in Finance
The most useful articles and videos in Finance from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Finance Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Finance by Refind users in 2023 so far.
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Tipping, Explained: Why Two-Thirds of Americans View It Negatively
You’re being asked to tip more and more places today. If you’re annoyed, you’re not alone. A survey by Bankrate found a third of people are annoyed by those ...
Sell-to-yourself is on the rise, but who gets the best deal?
Private equity is all about buying companies and selling them on. But as the FT’s Kaye Wiggins explains, with the economy struggling, private equity groups a...
Apple vs. Banks: The Digital-Wallet War, Explained
Digital wallets like Apple Pay are continuing to grow in popularity. Banks are worried they’re losing ground to tech companies eager to gain market share in ...
Forensic accountant explains why fraud thrives on Wall Street
Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains how fraud runs rampant – even when businesses don’t intend it.Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://ww...
The call to save poorer nations drowning in debt
Global interest rate rises have led to spiralling, decades-high external debt payments for 91 low or lower-middle income countries. In a few cases the IMF an...
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What is green finance and why is it important?
If it’s marshalled in the right way, the global finance market could become a powerful force for sustainable development.
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How to Enjoy Life When Everything is More Expensive
How do you enjoy life when everything is more expensive? You don’t want to spend too much. But living without pleasure is also no good.
«It can be frustrating when we make plans and they don’t pan out because of external circumstances. But the frustration only doubles when you don’t accept the situation.»
How to Move Money in the 21st Century
“Financial operations” (FinOps) is an emerging software category with a massive opportunity to streamline, automate, and optimize how we move money, while giving the entire organization a real-time…
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What If Money Expired?
A long-forgotten German economist argued that society and the economy would be better off if money was a perishable good. Was he an anarchist crank or the prophet of a better world?
«the concept of money was so pervasive and unexamined that money had become an end in itself, not the vehicle it was intended to be»
The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality
1. Once upon a time, around 2014, I began writing What’s Mine. It will be a novel about someone whose home gets invaded by this annoying person, I wrote to my agent. It turns out this annoying pers…
How Much Money Do I Need to be Rich? — Tom Greene
Pretty much everyone wants to be rich—not purely for the sake of money, but for the fragile promise of happiness that comes with being a total baller. But, what does it mean to be rich today? How much…
«In America, Canada and most of Europe our pets sleep in better conditions than many people in other countries.»
Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank bailout
V.C. group chats are a threat to the global economy
Short Articles
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A Few Laws of Getting Rich
There are 13 divorces among the 10 richest men in the world. Seven of the top ten have been divorced at least once. Correlation isn’t causation, and that sample size is tiny. But a statistic that is…
«Most of what makes you happy in life has nothing to do with money, and realizing that once you have money can be a painful admission»
Rich and Anonymous
I think there’s an “ideal” net worth for everyone, when money not only stops bringing pleasure but becomes a social liability. And that number is probably lower than most people think. Business…
«They figured out what so many other people – the rich, the middle class, the aspiring rich, and everyone in between – failed to recognize.»
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy?
“The real measure of our wealth is how much we’d be worth if we lost all our money.” – John Henry Jowett We’ve all heard stories of people encountering the world’s greatest riches, ending in either…
«Is it the money that we want, or the peace of mind that comes with it? Is it the fame that we want, or the self-sufficiency that results?»
Why your $7 latte is $7
Your expensive coffee habit is indeed getting even more expensive.
10 Gems of Advice from Warren Buffet
Warren Buffett’s quotes are timeless. His advice can provide help and inspiration in both your life and your finances. Here are 10 gems of advice for your investments, your career, and your life from…
«“The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient.”»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Finance.
How not to be fooled by viral charts
Part 1: How to spot misinformation, mistakes, and meaningless data
Credit card debt collection
Credit card debt is the waste stream of consumer finance. The debt collection industry ends up being sordid, for complex structural and microeconomic reasons.
What The World Looks Like to the Super-Wealthy ❧ Current Affairs
Michael Mechanic, who has studied the lives of the super-rich, talks about strange bubble inhabited by the 1%.
The Art and Science of Spending Money
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once nearly died of a heart attack. Years later he was asked what went through his mind while he was being rushed to the hospital in what could have been his…
«Psychologist Jonathan Haidt says people don’t communicate on social media; they perform for one another. Spending money is like that, too.»
The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam
Thought Leaders
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World Economic Forum
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MarketWatch
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NPR's Planet Money
The economy explained. Subscribe to our two podcasts: Planet Money and our short, daily show, @TheIndicator.
a16z
we invest in software eating the world http://a16z.com/portfolio/ http://a16z.com/podcasts/ Check out our AI Canon: https://a16z.com/2023/05/25/ai-canon/
McKinsey & Company
Since 1926, the trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions. 130+ offices in 65+ countries.
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