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  • Twleve Tips for Staying Alive

    Dr. Doug McGuff is an emergency physician in South Carolina. From this perspective, he has compiled a list of twelve tips on avoiding what he calls ‘negative Black Swan events’ā€”an early death from things we consider unlikely (but are all-too-common to emergency physicians). Drive the biggest vehicle you can afford to drive. Never get on…

  • Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery

    For individuals and families facing financial ruin one would assume that a lottery win would be a perfect, if lucky, way out of hardship. Contrary to this, however, an analysis of a small, unique set of peopleā€”Floridian lottery winners linked to bankruptcy recordsā€”finds thatĀ lottery winners are more likely to claim bankruptcy than others who were…