The Daily Dozen

1. Things that work much better when broken.
2. You can do anything in your underwear.
3. Investing now vs. removing debt. Generally good advice, but I favor a 50/50 approach. For every dollar you invest, you should put one dollar against debt repayment. That way you get a psychological reward of seeing your assets grow as your liabilities decrease. It also means that after you pay off $10,000 worth of debt, you should have more than $10,000 saved.
4. Gordon Smith's advice to young scholars: One new idea per article. Read the rest of his advice here.
5. In these poor economic times, library use is booming. I'm now driving on my way home from Florida and checked out six books before I left.
   
6. Common writing mistakes.
   
7. The U.S. could be facing a coming debt 'time bomb'?
   
8. Who saw the housing bubble coming?
   
9. Does innovation require markets?
10. Popular medical myths put to rest.
    
11. In defense of buying books.
12. Bright young economic stars.