Standard of Living

Managing Money To Maximize Happiness

Laura Rowley | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Budgeting, Creativity, Money and Happiness, Saving, Relationships, Spending, MetLife Survey, Achieve Goals, Standard of Living, Fifty News

A new survey by MetLife finds the economic crisis and continuing malaise has people age 47 to 65 rethinking their personal priorities. A whopping 90% ...

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American Voters Are Killing the American Dream

Eliot Daley | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Standard of Living, Middle Class Economy, Voter Behavior, Campaign Ads, Middle Class, Middle Class Voters, American Dream, Politics News
Eliot Daley

Maybe the only answer is that middle-class Americans actually have a death wish when it comes to The American Dream.

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The Speech That President Obama Should Make

Warren Mosler | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Modern Monetary Theory, Deficit, Aggregate Demand, Mmt, Unemployment, Payroll Tax Holiday, FICA Taxes, Standard of Living, Revenue Distribution to the States, Barack Obama, Politics News
Warren Mosler

This is the speech I would make if I were President Obama.

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Young Americans Are Most Satisfied With Their Standard Of Living: Gallup

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Youth, Senior Citizens, Third World America, Great Recession, Economy, Retirement, 2008 Recession, Young Americans, Standard of Living, Chicago Tribune, Gallup, Video, Business News

It's hard to imagine young Americans being satisfied with their standard of living, especially with youth unemployment nearly double that of the natio...

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Americans' Top Financial Worry Is The Least Immediate

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Financial Worry, Medical Bills, Medical Costs, Standard of Living, Gallup, Great Recession, Retirement, Business News

When it comes to money, Americans have a lot of concerns, and its only getting worse. A recent poll by Gallup finds that Americans have become eve...

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When is Alimony Appropriate?

Henry Gornbein | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Alimony, Lifestyle, Divorce, Retirement, Age, Spousal Support, Standard of Living, Debts, Ability, Divorce News
Henry Gornbein

Alimony is not for everyone...

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Same Old LA Story

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Leuthold Group, The Arts, Patronage, Dow Theory Forecasts, Los Angeles Times, Earthquake, Forbes Magazine, L.A. Marathon, Culture Monster, Billionaires, Standard of Living, S&P 500, The Future of the Arts, Eli Broad, The Great Depression, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Unfortunately, as Mike Boehm wrote, "SoCal billionaires [are] plentiful, but most are not known for giving big sums to the arts." Luckily Eli Broad had a good year.

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PriceCheck: How We Became a Culture of Consumption

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standard of Living, Personal Finance, Consumerism, American Consumer, Consumer Spending, Business News
Manisha Thakor

On Wednesday May 19th, Poetic People Power, a New York City spoken word group, will hold its 8th annual show Price Check: How We Became A Culture Of C...

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Alimony Reform

Fred Silberberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Texas, Personal Responsibility, Alimony, Marriage, Welfare, Family Law, Standard of Living, Spousal-Support, Healthy Living News
Fred Silberberg

While the initial concept of alimony was intended to assist someone in taking steps to support himself or herself, our existing system has turned into a system of private welfare.

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Students Borrowing Dramatically More To Pay For College

The Wall Street Journal | ANNE MARIE CHAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University, Standard of Living, Student Debt, College Graduates, Banks, Student Loans, Credit Cards, Higher Education, Stafford Loans, Debt Load, U.S. Education Department, College, Federal Aid, Borrowing, Pell Grants, Personal Finance, Home News

Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people....

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Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance: What to Expect and Why It Really Matters

Jared Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recovery, Poverty, Economics, Economy, Health Insurance, Standard of Living, 2007 Census, Recession, Income Inequality, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

The mantra among economists is that as grows productivity, so shall living standards. But in the 2000s, most of the American workforce worked harder and smarter, yet ended up earning less.

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