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Tag Archives: economics
What’s happened to the Social Contract?
There’s a great blog post over at IT Toolbox, on the Original Thinking blog by Dennis Stevenson on The Myth of Job Security- Employer Version, with a promise for a follow up giving the employee’s point of view. I was … Continue reading
Being Smart With Money
One of the things I think we do REALLY poorly in this country is teaching our kids how money works. I didn’t get a course in economics until college, but most of the best lessons I learned about money were … Continue reading
The Cost/Benefit Ratio of Staying At Home
Julien Smith has a great video posted on his blog, featuring a lecture by Elizabeth Warren ,a law professor at Harvard Law School, discussing the gradual erosion of the American Middle Class over time. The most important points she makes … Continue reading
Financial Disparities and Inequities
One of the things that always strikes me as unfair in our capitalist system is the disparate impact problem. If you have money in this country, things actually get cheaper and more affordable. If you don’t have very much money, … Continue reading
