Category: Krista Tuomi

Marriage and business partnerships are similar for many reasons, good and bad. They can provide you with emotional and financial support, complement your talents and allow you to achieve more than you can on your own. The not-so-good similarities? Decisions are made on the basis of emotion, couples are blindly...

A3C is a fusion festival. Now in its 18th year, it has grown from a local hip-hop event to a huge Atlanta based celebration of music, tech and culture. The term fusion describes not only its multi-themed nature, but also its audience. A3C attracts innovators, educators, musicians, fans, and activists,...

Human irrationality is a common topic in my articles.  One reason is that I am an economist and we love irrationality!  More importantly though, people are particularly foolish when it comes to money.  A particularly dangerous human quirk is something called ‘discounting the future’.  Simply, we value the present moment...

Traveling wisely is like drinking wisely. It is knowing that you will enjoy the experience more without the last tequila, texts you regret and a hang-over from hell. And so with travel. The trip will be so much better if you have saved and budgeted for it…AND when you have...

Ever heard of a collective good? Quick economics class refresher! A collective good is something like a greener environment, which everyone can enjoy whether they contribute to it or not. The problem with these goods is that people have the incentive to ‘free-ride’ and enjoy say, the recycling effort of...

Women are told that we earn less than men because we a) don’t fight harder for it and b) are less pushy about our accomplishments. Probably true…but there are two main reasons for this. One, when women are “pushy” about anything it backfires on us. This is due to outdated...