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Talmon Joseph Smith (@talmonsmith) announced his book What Can We Afford, set to…

Brief

Talmon Joseph Smith’s forthcoming book What Can We Afford (pub: early 2027) is now open for preorder via Simon & Schuster and Amazon. Based on a 40,000-mile road trip he describes as uncensored, the book contrasts his encounters from Wall Street to Montana and West Texas to evaluate which economic tradeoffs are genuine and which are exaggerated.

Why it matters

Talmon Joseph Smith (@talmonsmith) announced his book What Can We Afford, set to publish early 2027, is now available for preorder on Simon & Schuster and Amazon (announcement posted 2026-06-15).

Key details

  • The book is an "uncensored 40k mile roadtrip" investigation from Wall Street to Montana to West Texas examining which dollar tradeoffs are real versus BS or overstated.
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talmon joseph smith (@talmonsmith)

my book 'What Can We Afford,' set to pub early '27, is now available on the Simon & Schuster website (+Amazon etc) for preorder

what $ tradeoffs are real? and which are BS or overstated?

this is the uncensored 40k mile roadtrip from Wall St to MT to West Texas of what I found:

— https://nitter.net/talmonsmith/status/2066573734194946351#m