Economics Explained
Harley Hahn is the author of 32 books that have collectively sold over two million copies. His latest book is Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux, a college/university computer science textbook published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Among his other accomplishments, Hahn is the best-selling Internet author of all time, and three of his books have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Hahn's work (including a complete set of all his books) is archived by the Special Collections Department of the library at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Hahn has a degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Waterloo (Canada), and a graduate degree in computer science from the University of California at San Diego. He also studied medicine at the University of Toronto Medical School.
Hahn has written numerous articles, essays, and stories on a wide variety of topics, including economics, technology, computers, the Internet, culture, romance, science, medicine, and money. Some of these are posted on his website.
How Bankruptcy Affects You as an Individual
When you file for bankruptcy, you are affected in 3 important ways. Read story.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Student Loans
They cannot be discharged as part of bankruptcy – or can they? Read story.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Liquidation or Reorganization?
Broadly speaking, there are two different ways to go bankrupt. Read story.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Different Types of Bankruptcy
Before we discuss the details, I'd like to explain why we use such odd names. Read story.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Modern Bankruptcy Law in the U.S.A.
A brief history from 1898, when bankruptcy became a permanent feature of the economic system, to the 2005 legislation that brought sweeping changes in favor of creditors. Read story.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Why We Need Bankruptcy, and How It Developed
I grew up with bankruptcy because my father, Murray Hahn, was an accountant who specialized in insolvency. Read story.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Understanding Bankruptcy: What It Is
Allowing overwhelmed debtors to go bankrupt benefits the economy as a whole. Read story.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Love and Economics
Fundamental economic principles, properly applied, can enhance the quality of an intimate relationship. Read story.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Mortgages and Christmas Gifts
Making an extra mortgage payment — even a small one, once a year — will save you an astonishing amount. Read story.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Retained Earnings, Stock Repurchase, and Dividends
As you might expect, the people who are most interested in what a company does with its money are the owners, in this case, the shareholders. Read story.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Libor: The Global Interest Rate Benchmark
Every weekday, an obscure London-based organization issues a set of 150 short-term interest rates that have a huge influence on financial transactions around the world. Read story.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
How Thinking Affects Investing: Part 4 of 4
To be a good investor, you must acquire skill and knowledge. Read story.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
How Thinking Affects Investing: Part 3 of 4
In this column, Harley Hahn discusses ways people deal with the limits of rationality. Read story.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
How Thinking Affects Investing: Part 2 of 4
Insight into your emotional nature will pay off handsomely by helping you avoid such pitfalls as the “sunk-cost effect,” among others. Read story.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
How Thinking Affects Investing
In this series I will examine the habits and biases that influence us unconsciously (usually for the worse) when we making financial decisions. Read story.
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