Money

The New Politics of Inflation: Asian and Monetary

Kevin Phillips | Posted 06.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Commodity Inflation, Japan, Asia, Money, Inflation, Economy, Asian Banks, Economic Crisis, Business News
Kevin Phillips

Both Americans and foreigners concerned about the incendiary potential of inflation and the devaluation of the dollar have good historical reason for concern.

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Blacks and Latinos Barely Afloat During Recession: With High Rates of Unemployment, Obama's Recovery Plan Not Enough

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, U.S. Economy, Recovery, Labor, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Green Jobs, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Money, Main Street, Obama Administration, Green Economy, Affirmative-Action, Families, Job Creation, African Americans, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

In order to cut the unemployment rate in those communities to the projected national rate of 6.5 percent, an additional 1.7 million jobs would have to be created and go directly to Blacks and Latinos by 2010.

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The Trouble With Suze

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Suze Orman, Money, Personal Finance, Jim Cramer, Suze Orman New York Times Magazine, Financial Advice, Business News
Anya Kamenetz

Suze Orman is right about one thing: young people shouldn't be learning about personal finance from her.

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Taking Financial Responsibility Personally

Cheryl Saban | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Saving Money, Savings, Money, Personal Finance, Economy, Economic Crisis, Living News
Cheryl Saban

What can women do to be more responsible for our financial situations? What should we teach our children so that they'll be prepared for the next economic downturn?

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Success and Luck

Robert H. Frank | Posted 06.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert H. Frank, Luck, Fox News, Accents, Economic Success, Money, Class, Business News
Robert H. Frank

Luck's role in economic success remains oddly controversial. If you don't know where a new acquaintance stands politically, just ask him about this. If he insists luck doesn't matter, he's almost surely a staunch conservative.

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The Power of the Right Question

Noah St. John | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Afformations, Affirmations, Money, Positive Thinking, The Secret, Empowerment, Questions, Living News
Noah St. John

Ask yourself: "Why do I have so much?" Do you know what your brain is doing right now? Searching for a positive answer to that question!

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Body Payments, in This Economy?

Lisa Guest | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Healing, Cure, Indulgences, Attitude, Money, Disease, Economy, Living News
Lisa Guest

We expect our bodies to behave like our toaster (efficiently), and give us what we want when we want it. Rarely do most of us do what our bodies need for such optimal performance.

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Lessons From a Junk Yard

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Junk Recycling, Finance, Money, Economy, Living, Saving Money, Auto Industry, Money Saving Tips, Living News
Michelle Renee

If it wasn't for my allowing myself to let go of my previous programming about junk yards, I would never have done the research it took to find a glass guy that rocked and saved me hundreds of dollars.

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Conducting Autism Research Like It's 1994

Kim Stagliano | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Denial, Dr-Paul-Offit, Autism, American-Academy-of-Pediatrics, Research, Money, Vaccines, Living News
Kim Stagliano

The Autism Science Foundation: Their mission? To boldly go back to exactly what they were doing before doctors and researchers and even some uppity folks at Autism Speaks started asking pesky questions about vaccines.

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Quiz: Are You an Over-Buyer or an Under-Buyer?

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Saving, Money, Spending, Buying, Happiness, Shopping Quiz, Living News
Gretchen Rubin

I've posted this quiz before, but I can't resist putting it up again. This distinction encapsulates one of my very favorite (if not most weighty) pers...

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Money, Banking and Torture: It's Just Shocking!

Derek Shearer | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Reform, Money, Torture, Cia, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Derek Shearer

The country needs a public discussion of money and banking -- an economics tutorial for the nation.

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Balancing Giving and Receiving

John Morton | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Resources, Debt, Needs, Money, Blessings, Opportunities, Choosing, Infinite Supply, Choice, Happiness, Infinite, John Morton, Receiving, Wealth, Health, Giving, Conditions, Spirituality, Living News
John Morton

Giving and receiving coexist. They're polarities on the same continuum. One requires the other in order for either to occur. Often they occur in cycles.

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What Does it Mean To Practice Conscious Capitalism?

Brian Whetten | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Conscious Business, Conscious Capitalism, Purpose, Work, Money, Meaning, Brian Whetten, Sustainability, Capitalism, Business, Capitalism 2.0, Living News
Brian Whetten

When our conscious self is identified with our spiritual self, both economics and service are about abundance and love. It's what happens as we find our inner conflicts -- and learn to love them.

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Mystery Donors Give Over $45M To 9 Universities

news.yahoo.com | MICHAEL J. CRUMB, Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Mystery Donations, Money, The Giving Life, Living News

A mystery is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least nine universities have received gifts totaling more th...

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How to Green Your Finances

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Philanthropy, Investing, Housing Market, Green Investing, Mutual Funds, Charity, Money, Green, Real Estate, Green Living, Paper, Finances, Personal Finance, Green News
Avital Binshtock

As tax week comes to a close, we've all got our money on our minds, so it's the perfect time to consider how the cash we've put so much energy into earning will work to preserve our planet.

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Debt is Not Money

Thom Hartmann | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers, Thom Hartmann, Currency, Debt, Money, Reaganomics, Thomas Jefferson Letter, Business News
Thom Hartmann

If followed, the Summers/Geithner policy can have only one of two outcomes: inflation or another, more serious crash. It's possible we could have both.

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Bad Banker

Alan Lurie | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Banking, Bankers, New Yorker, Money, Prosperity, Happiness, Living News
Alan Lurie

True abundance, though, is a two-way flow of giving and receiving -- not only material wealth, but attention, concern, and love.

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Show Me the Money

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Law, Attorney, Africa, Police, Money, Humor, Economy, United States, Iraq, Journalism, Home, United Arab Emirates, Resort, Wealth, Bungee Jumping, College, Middle East, Affair, Russia, Banks, Vacation, U.S. Army, Spam, Wtf, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

Please write back to fill me in on the scandalous details and to arrange to send all of your money to my bank account here in the United States

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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News
Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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John Galt Has Left the Building

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill O’Reilly, Class Warfare, Politics, Obama Stimulus Package, Media, Glenn Beck Fox News, Ayn Rand Institute, Colbert Report 'the Word', Stephen Colbert, Juliettepowell, Wealth, John Galt, Colbert Report 'Rand Illusion', Republican, Conservative, Politics News, Wealthy, Money, Ruling-Class, Ayn Rand, Juliette Powell, Media News, Colbert Report, Atlas Shrugged, 33 Million People, Media News
Juliette Powell

If your moral duty is to serve your neighbor and anyone else who is in need, then you don't have the moral right to pursue your own life and happiness.

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Gold Not Money: Bling's the Thing

Diane Francis | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Gold Standard, Gold Stocks, General Motors, Money, Bank Bailouts, Economic Meltdown, Bailouts, Gold, Financial Crisis, Banks, Gold Producing, Banking Crisis, Credit Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

The future is always a matter of opinion, as is political competency, which is why it's a good idea to own a little gold.

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Pimping Out Your Wallet

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Money, Economy, Economic Failure, Greenbacks, Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Economy Crisis, Economic Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package, Business News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

The rescue plan which has funneled tax dollars into the pronounced, if a bit frayed, pockets of all the major U.S. home savings and loans has also left town with our savings.

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How to Share Bad Economic News with Kids

Jamie Woolf | Posted 04.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Mom-in-Chief, Money, Children, Kids, Parenting, Sharing Bad News, Recession, How to Share Bad News, Parents, Living News
Jamie Woolf

What is the best way to keep your kids informed without oversharing and creating anxiety?

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Colbert Shrugged: Ayn Rand Institute Responds to 'Rand Illusion'

Juliette Powell | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill O’Reilly, Class Warfare, Obama Stimulus Package, Juliette Powell, Glenn Beck Fox News, Ayn Rand Institute, Colbert Report 'the Word', Conservative, Stephen Colbert, Media, Wealth, John Galt, Colbert Report 'Rand Illusion', Politics, Politics News, Wealthy, Money, Ruling-Class, Ayn Rand, Republican, Juliettepowell, Colbert Report, Atlas Shrugged, 33 Million People, Media News
Juliette Powell

Is Colbert, and the media in general, taking a cheap shot -- going for the easy laugh using Rand's philosophy of selfishness -- or are they using humor and irony to open a much needed public debate?

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Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Pay, War, Wage, Media, Employment, Government Spending, Debt, Peace, Conservative, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Dollar, Tax Cut, Loans, Tax Cuts, Homeless, Health Care, Cost of War, Greed, Irs, Money, Veterans, Budget, Education, Trillion, Biblical, Health, Rich, Healthcare, Spending, Bible, Budget Surplus, Military, Credit Card, Conservative Ideology, Bush Presidency, Proposed Budget, President Clinton, Economy, Luke, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

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