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by Jake
Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: I'm free
Replies: 69
Views: 31542

Re: I'm free

Yesterday I had a pretty surreal experience. I got a big bonus and the best performance review of my life--glowing, all positive, no negatives at all... And then I was fired. It was quite a shock. I tallied up the finances and realized that with only a little bit of belt-tightening, I've already ac...
by Jake
Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:09 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

sixdollars wrote: Just curious, is the free copy still available?
Although the giveaway is over as Dualstow says, I'm still happy to give review copies in kindle format for those interested in reviewing it on Amazon. If you would like a review copy, send me your email in a private message.
by Jake
Tue Apr 12, 2016 9:25 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Thanks Mountaineer and Gabe!
by Jake
Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:27 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

One more plug for Jake here ... if you haven't already, check out his podcasts on http://www.thevoluntarylife.com/.  There's some great material out there.  I've become a bit addicted to the podcasts this past week, listening to them during my commute.  Jake's vocal style is guaranteed to redu...
by Jake
Sat Apr 09, 2016 5:01 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

You can read it in ePub form using Calibre: http://calibre-ebook.com Or convert it to PDF with this doohickey: http://www.ebook-converter.com/kindle-pc-converter.htm Hello PS, unfortunately I was not able to find a way to read it online. Would you be so kind to send it to me as PDF? Thank you Pleee...
by Jake
Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:57 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Jake, thanks for the book!  I read it yesterday in one sitting.  I found it very interesting and helpful.  I still don't completely understand the "unjobbing" option real well, but the other choices all made a lot of sense.  It was well written and fun to read. Thanks Desert, that's great to hear. ...
by Jake
Sat Apr 02, 2016 10:23 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Today is your last chance to download the book for free! http://getbook.at/jobfree
by Jake
Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:19 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How Many Items of Clothing do Nomads Own?
Replies: 28
Views: 12950

Re: How Many Items of Clothing do Nomads Own?

I'm not a digital nomad, but I only have two pairs of pants as well, and seven T-shirts all of the exact same brand (Hanes Tagless) that lasted the longest in a test of many different brands. Enough underwear and socks to last a week, with the socks all being identical Darn Tough socks. Reading abo...
by Jake
Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:03 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How Many Items of Clothing do Nomads Own?
Replies: 28
Views: 12950

Re: How Many Items of Clothing do Nomads Own?

3 Sets of Black Silk Boxers 3 Pairs of copper fiber (anti-microbial) socks 1 Pair of Black 501 Levis 1 Black nylon narrow zippered money belt / dress belt. 1 Pair of Linen tropical/resort pants 2 Dress shirts 1 Underarmour T-shirt 1 Merino wool sweater 1 Pair of short pants/swim suit 1 Pair of shoe...
by Jake
Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:37 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: How Many Items of Clothing do Nomads Own?
Replies: 28
Views: 12950

Re: How Many Items of Clothing do Nomads Own?

We've got some permanent nomads here, Mark & Jake. I'm curious- how many outfits do you gentleman travel with? And if I may ask, Jake, does your wife carry that many more outfits than you? I met a National Geographic guide on a tour who said he had all his possessions down to two backpacks. I have ...
by Jake
Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:15 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Hey guys, I made it to #1 on Amazon UK's Best Seller list in Personal Finance :)

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by Jake
Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:57 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Jake, Skimmed through most quickly, will read more in depth later.  I liked the personal stories. My personal story is I always leaned toward the startup angle, with the big potential payoff of stock options, etc.  Followed closely by living very frugally. Let me preface this by saying I am almost ...
by Jake
Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

Oh fabulous! But... the Kindle Store on Amazon.co.uk is for UK customers only. To shop for titles available for your country, please visit Amazon.com. Can you help me ? Thank you. The link http://getbook.at/jobfree should automatically redirect you to your local Amazon site based on your IP address...
by Jake
Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:47 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Re: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

In order to get your free copy, please ignore the Kindle Unlimited link and instead click to "buy" the book (for $0). That should give you the book free of charge.

Amazon makes it very confusing because they are always trying to promote Kindle Unlimited.
by Jake
Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:39 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Free copy of my book (featuring PP)
Replies: 41
Views: 23858

Free copy of my book (featuring PP)

I am giving away my latest book free on Amazon for the next few days only. It's called Job Free: Four Ways to Quit the Rat Race and Achieve Financial Freedom on Your Terms. It includes discussion of the permanent portfolio. Many members of the PP forum provided valuable feedback on the draft. Please...
by Jake
Thu Mar 24, 2016 12:50 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Are people radicalized by hostile foreign policy actions initiated against them?
Replies: 19
Views: 8515

Re: Are people radicalized by hostile foreign policy actions initiated against them?

I think the real meaning of the question in the OP is obfuscated by jargon language like "radicalized" and "hostile foreign policy actions". A less foggy way of posing the question would be: Does murdering people in foreign lands lead to some people there becoming more violent/aggressive/murderous? ...
by Jake
Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:15 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New all-time high
Replies: 30
Views: 17930

Re: New all-time high

dualstow wrote: You sound really young in your podcasts. I thought you were in your twenties or early thirties.
Ha, thanks! Currently in my mid forties, so if I go to the doctor, they don't try to fix anything anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzEhoyXpqzQ
by Jake
Mon Mar 21, 2016 5:47 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New all-time high
Replies: 30
Views: 17930

Re: New all-time high

I also just hit an all time high on nominal value, but I then calculated past years in constant prices and found that my all time real high was 2011. Boo. My portfolio is in pound sterling and was affected by some non-PP transactions, so your results may be different. The key thing is that I'm in th...
by Jake
Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Harry Browne's influences
Replies: 7
Views: 2962

Harry Browne's influences

I found an interesting quote by Harry Browne regarding his influences: "A number of people have contributed to my economic education over the years, but probably the three most important influences were Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, and Henry Hazlitt." (from "Why the Best-Laid Investment Plans ...
by Jake
Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Madoff
Replies: 9
Views: 4514

Re: Madoff

The documentary Chasing Madoff http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1636849/ is well worth watching. I had to ignore the stupid "film noir" style of the documentary, which I found highly pretentious and irritating. However, the interviews with the people involved are so fascinating that it is worth it.
by Jake
Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Greed is Good (Fodder for a broad discussion of economics :))
Replies: 308
Views: 72048

Re: Greed is Good (Fodder for a broad discussion of economics :))

The minimum wage started as a policy of the eugenics movement: "“Progressive economists, like their neoclassical critics,” Leonard explains, “believed that binding minimum wages would cause job losses. However, the progressive economists also believed that the job loss induced by minimum wages was a...
by Jake
Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:11 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Greed is Good (Fodder for a broad discussion of economics :))
Replies: 308
Views: 72048

Re: Greed is Good (Fodder for a broad discussion of economics :))

That's a highly ideological view, and the studies I've seen don't support it.  What they seem to show is a very small reduction in jobs, and many other gains for those at the bottom of the socio-economic scale, and also for those above that, as the folks at the bottom spend more of their money, whi...
by Jake
Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:12 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: A little bit about the transnational elite
Replies: 20
Views: 7427

Re: A little bit about the transnational elite

here's how to spot a transnational elite: - Lives in a city you've heard of - Frequent foreign travel, usually to other cities you've heard of - Other people seem to pay for a lot of their goodies - They (ostensibly) produce or contribute to the production of knowledge, not goods or services - What...
by Jake
Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:15 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Seeking beta-readers for my new book which includes discussion of the PP
Replies: 8
Views: 6232

Re: Seeking beta-readers for my new book which includes discussion of the PP

congrats jake! Can you send a link to the book?  I'd like to put it on my reading list! Thanks WiseOne! Here is a link http://getbook.at/jobfree I had some brilliant feedback from the people on this discussion board, following the original request I made on this thread. If anyone on the PP board is...
by Jake
Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:10 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Seeking beta-readers for my new book which includes discussion of the PP
Replies: 8
Views: 6232

Re: Seeking beta-readers for my new book which includes discussion of the PP

Jake, Congratulations on the public release of your new book.  I finished reading it this morning.  Like all of your work, it is wonderfully researched, complete and useful.  I also like the way your writing style is evolving.  In particular, the first chapter introducing your friend Peter seemed v...