“I left home and school at 16, and worked as a janitor, a printer, a salesperson, a busboy, and hustled briefly when I was 19 to make ends meet. I live with a lover now who is a well paid academic, but”
“In a fast changing interest rate environment – particularly when rates rise fast – your verbal agreement isn’t worth beans.”
“But social confirmation doesn’t amount to beans when it comes to knowing the truth.”