January, 2010
Making The Move To Community Banks
Fed up with your "too-big-to-fail" bank? Well, you can always downsize. That's the message of the "Move Your Money" campaign, which urges big-bank customers to switch to community banks. But what's it like to actually make the switch, and could this movement ever register as more than a blip on a big bank's radar? ...
“Fear the Boom and Bust”: Hayek vs. Keynes Economics Rap
Ever heard the term “Keynesian economics” and wanted to learn more? Here’s a new rap video that explores the competing theories from the Austrian business cycles of Friedrich von Hayek and the interventionist theories of John Maynard Keynes. Yes, I said rap… and I actually learned something from it!
In Fear the ...
Create a Plan to Save Money
A Savings Need
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Saving money in anticipation of life’s difficulties is as old as the concept of money itself. Money has been hoarded ever since people started using it to pay for things. Saving, rather than spending, money is a required act today. If you do not fulfill the life requirement ...
How Much do You Need to be Rich?
If I had a Million Dollars
Becoming a millionaire is something that many of us have dreamed about. It is a vision that has led many people to do crazy things in the pursuit. The incessant quest for the Holy Grail of a million dollars has created a lot of game shows and contests. Mentioning the ...
What’s really going down with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie?
Jolie and Pitt split, says Twitter
A few days ago, via Twitter I heard that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are breaking up. I didn’t really bother to do any research about it at that time because I have heard the same unfounded rumor so many times before. True to form, as soon as the reports ...
