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Weekend reading: Sex, love, funds, and finance

Good reads from around the web.

I am grateful to a Monevator reader who tipped me off [1] about this new TED video on the “psychological bias in financial decision making”.

It’s much more fun than it sounds. Watch and see!

It’s not a classic, but it is a very enjoyable walk through psychological flaws [2] (except when he pronounces “buoy” as boo-y instead of boy).

And anything that warns you about bouncing giddily into marriage as well as financial bubbles is fine by me.

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From the money blogs

Book of the week: I enjoyed Stephanie Flanders’ introduction to Keynes on the BBC the other night, though like all TV it was drawn-out, overly picturesque, and favoured trivia. If you want more John Maynard, try the recent Robert Skidelsky deep dive Keynes: The Return of the Master [15].

Mainstream media money and investing

Product of the week: Santander [32] is about to launch a 1% cash back mortgage, which is a pretty unusual beast. However it will be capped at £10 a month, or £120 a year, and you’ll need to use its current account. (FT report [33]).

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