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The "Humane" Way to Pay Off Debt That No One Talks About

Why I Stopped Crushing My Debt (and Started Winning Instead)

Published on Mitten Dad Minute • Jan 15

I Cannot Change the World.

But I can change this.

Published on Get Stoned (Biblically) • Jan 14

Your Guide Through 2025's Transformative Energy Landscape

Welcome to Flux Kinetics - Where Energy Meets Intelligence.

Published on Flux Kinetics • Jan 13

Part 2 of The Role of Banks: What is Money?

Part 2 of Chapter 6

Jan 8 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

Chapter 6: The role of banks, or where money comes from

Preview of Chapter 6 from my forthcoming book, ‘The Economy Always Gets Better: Navigating Turbulent Times with Confidence’; assets, liabilities, and…

Jan 6 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

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How I Accidentally Became a Macroeconomist

How I became a macroeconomics teacher, plus new book recommendations

Dec 4, 2025 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

Somedays You Are the Bug. Somedays You Slam it Out of the Park.

(with apologies to Dire Straits)

Jul 17, 2025 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

🎧 I Spent 3 Months Breaking Down GDP — Here's What Most People Miss

Breaking down GDP by component and putting it back together with an example from the pandemic

Jul 5, 2025 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

🎧 Why My Canadian Friend Ditched Our Trip to North Georgia for Cancun

And introduction to exchange rates, how raising interest rates affects exchange rates, how changing exchange rates changes the amount we import and…

Jun 29, 2025 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

🎧 I Found 5 Imported Items in My Bedroom — Here's What They Teach Us About Trade

Why we import and export goods, the two types of advantage: absolute and comparative

Jun 26, 2025

Crash Course on Inflation

📜Inflation Course TOC

How rising prices affect us and the role of the Federal Reserve

May 6, 2025 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

Magic: The Gathering Cards and Government Bonds

What do they have in common? They both have prices.

Aug 30, 2024 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

One Rate to Rule Them All: The Role of the Federal Reserve Bank

Money and the federal funds rate [1]

Aug 16, 2024 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

In Balance: How Banks Create Money

The role of assets, liabilities, and reserves in the economy

Aug 9, 2024 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

But That’s the Lowest Interest Rate I Ever Paid!

The link between interest rates and spending

Jul 26, 2024 • Nikki M Finlay, PhD

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