“Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score?” NeedsLooksDoeJobsCreditDebtIncomeScoreStableHouseholdAnglePaymentExtendingLendersBorrowersRepaymentCredit Scores Author:Mark Zandi
“I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.” UseShowsJobsUsedCareersStreetsWallDegreesConnectionsAthleteCreditHatedLeagueScoreNo MoneyIvyProfessional AthleteIvy LeagueDartmouthCredit Scores Author:Brian J. White
“Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so? Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?” WantGivingDifferentSchoolJobsChoicesThreeAsksGivenSupportEconomyWeekSubjectsStudentsHigh SchoolTestsTwentiesSpendingRidiculousScoreGraduatesConsideringProbabilitySalaryProjectionDifferent JobsAllocationHigh School StudentsTest Scores Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.” WayJobsGamesNamesGoalTeamProtectBasketballSoccerScoreNba Author:Hakeem Olajuwon
“My job is to play well offensively and help my team score points. So I feel very responsible every time we lose a game.” FeelsWellsPlayHelpingJobsGamesLosesTeamResponsibleNflScore Author:Peyton Manning