Reading: a cheap hobby, an invaluable habit.
The book above is Adam Smith’s An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations, which is free for the Kindle. Smith previews the whole field of public choice economics in the highlighted sentence.
Other forms of thrift come from reading library books. (Yes, those buildings that say “Public Library” on the outside are not just free WiFi hotspots and homeless shelters. They also house these objects called “books,” which can be borrowed by people with a form of ID and proof of address.) Here’s yesterday’s bounty:
