Dave Ramsey
publication date: Sunday, September 28, 2025 (part of September 2025)
category: 
Opinion
clue: Were this Tennessee-based financial advice author to devote an episode of his radio show to playing this game, his advice might be to use a "goo snowball" method of building momentum by solving easier goos first, and never borrowing "goo credit" by saving goos to solve later that could be solved today.
explanation: Through his books and syndicated radio program The Ramsey Show, Ramsey has become a popular figure in the world of personal finance. Some of his most common tips are to create a "debt snowball" by paying off small debts first and applying the savings from them toward bigger debts, and to avoid using credit to pay for anything. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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