The 2026 Debt Landscape: Navigating the New Rules of Borrowing
Welcome to 2026. Today’s post is the first of three, addressing the increase in personal debt and how to navigate the new rules of borrowing. We have flying cars (almost) and AI financial advisors, but we also have a staggering national household debt load that...Measuring Domains for Thriving City
Mapping the Domains of the Harvard Flourishing Program onto the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Implications for Thriving Cities Key Finding: The domains of the Harvard Flourishing Program substantially overlap with several core United Nations Sustainable...
A Season of Joy and Reflection
As the lights twinkle on the trees and the air fills with the familiar scent of pine and cinnamon, we wanted to take a moment to pause and reach out to you, our wonderful community. Wishing You a Merry Christmas From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry...Prospective Thriving Cities: Copenhagen, Osaka, and Melbourne
The Global Liveability Index (GLI) served as the initial screening instrument for identifying candidate thriving cities. Published annually by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the Index evaluates 173 global cities across five domains: stability, healthcare, culture...
Tariffs: Why the Price Tag on Your Groceries Keeps Changing
Right now, a hot topic in online searches isn’t the stock market or cryptocurrency; it’s something called tariffs. If you’ve ever wondered why the cost of your favorite snacks or even basic ingredients seems to be creeping up, the answer might be...
Set It and Forget It: Your Proactive 12-Month Plan for Christmas 2026
Now that the intensity of December 2025 is nearly over, it’s time to look ahead. The best way to avoid the panic and stress of last-minute spending is to start preparing for Christmas 2026 right now, in early January. The core strategy is to use the full 12...The Thriving City
Although the terms flourishing and thriving are often used interchangeably in academic and policy discourse, they represent analytically distinct constructs with important implications for human development and urban design. Flourishing is broadly conceptualized as a...
Christmas Crisis Mode: Your Three-Week Triage Plan
If you’re reading this, the calendar says December 2025, and Christmas is just three weeks away. The time for setting up an automated savings plan is over. Now, the goal is simple and urgent: finish the holidays without adding a single dollar of new debt. Panic...
Leveraging AI to Generate New Wealth Streams (Part 3)
In the first two parts of this series, we learned two things: first, how to change your job skills to work better with AI; and second, how to build a huge financial safety net. Now, it’s time to move from playing defense to playing offense. The massive changes driven...Most Popular Courses
