People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance.
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I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.
I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.
When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it - for the challenge of its mysteries.
I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with taste and talent for theoretical reasoning and quantitative analysis.
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching.
The thing I have discovered about working with personal finance is that the good news is that it is not rocket science. Personal finance is about 80 percent behavior. It is only about 20 percent head knowledge.
Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.
I was an economics major, which I enjoyed because I had a good business sense.
I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.
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