Last night, i watched “Inside Job.” Again. The film documents how the financial crisis of 2008 and beyond could happen and why we’re heading toward another one at least as severe as that one. It made me wonder whatever happened …
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I recently wrote a series of blog posts on moving our money for an organization i am interning with. You can read about why it makes sense to move our money in part 1, what challenges this might bring in …
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Obama’s campaign was all about change. Presumably his presidency will be about this as well, if his first few days in office are an indication, there certainly will be quite a few things changing, for the better. But is this …
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I find it mind-boggling that some people think that now that our economy is going down the drain, we cannot possibly worry about things like global warming. Huh? Ever heard of the WPA? Maybe it’s easier to remember the WPA …
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The scene was eerily familiar. Instead of “we don’t want a smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud,” this time the total collapse of the US economy was the fear specter raised. And again, Congress fell for it. They didn’t …
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As the financial crisis deepens, it is becoming clear that two assumptions economists like to make are completely wrong: people act rationally and the free market exists. The crisis might not have been created by panic but it certainly has …
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