The Platinum Card® from American Express is an exclusive charge card that carries a $550 annual fee and provides a host of luxurious and practical benefits for frequent travelers. As a charge card, the Platinum Card doesn’t come with any preset spending limits or regular interest charges, but it does require that cardholders almost always pay… The Platinum Card® from American Express – Review...
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Posted by: John S Kiernan Rating: 5 / 5 The Verdict: It’s already in the travel rewards hall of fame and continues to be one of the best offers out there. The Capital One Venture Card has long served as the standard-bearer for a more straightforward credit card market, with its “No Hassle” double miles, lucrative initial rewards bonus and lack of foreign...
Outsider by Design Gary Becker. (Photo: University of Chicago Press Office) Season 6, Episode 30 On this week’s episode of Freakonomics Radio: What does it mean to pursue something that everyone else thinks is nuts? And what does it take to succeed? Plus, Stephen J. Dubner asks, “What do medieval nuns and Bo Jackson have in common?” To find out more, check out the podcasts...
Using search engines to find the content you’re looking for has become the way of life for almost every living, breathing computer user on the planet. In fact, it’s so prevalent that one such search engine has even become a verb — as in, I’m going to Google that later. If you don’t know how to install a spigot outside, you have three...
Divorce is hard, even if there are plenty of financial advantages of being single. Regardless of why your relationship is ending, the legal process of getting a divorce can be confusing, time-consuming, and expensive. Unfortunately, plenty of myths can stop you from protecting yourself and your needs, often making a difficult situation even worse. It’s easy… 8 Legal Myths About the Process of Getting...
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Posted by: John S Kiernan It’s a tradition unlike other and the unofficial start of spring for golf fans nationwide. But the beauty of April flowers at Augusta National Golf Club, once a plant nursery, belies the danger lurking for the 94 participants in the 81st Masters Tournament. Plenty of prayers will be made around Amen Corner, to be sure. And we may...
(Photo Credit: cocoparisienne) Our latest Freakonomics Radio episode is called “Big Returns from Thinking Small.” (You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes or elsewhere , get the RSS feed, or listen via the media player above.) By day, two leaders of Britain’s famous Nudge Unit use behavioral tricks to make better government policy. By night, they repurpose those tricks to improve their...
