John - If any of you you listened to and were insterested in the story “Giant Pool of Money” that I linked to a few months ago. explaining in very easy to understand terms how we borked up our economy. A new podcast called “Planet Money” has taken this idea of making boring stale economic [...]
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Too economically savvy for Guitar Hero? Try Budget Hero! (Much less manual dexterity required..)
Here’s a neat little game that lets you see if you can run the government better than our elected officials, which is surprisingly easy, and trying not to break the bank with Social Security and Medical Costs, which is surprisingly difficult! Here’s your chance to see how the budget would hold up if you were in charge!
All you [...]
On the economy, an entertaining explanation…
People who hang around me long enough are usually subjected to a stream-of-consciousness style babble about various political and economic facts which most people find boring, but I tend to find amazingly pertinent to my everyday life. Aside from me pushing the power of investing in the video game sector (which seems to be recession proof) [...]
Credit Crunch? (Only when I crumple up the applications..)
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with my mailbox. The love part comes when there’s a squarish orange or red envelope inside packed with varying flavors of electronic entertainment. (Netflix and Gamefly!) More likely, there will be a community coupon mailer, some bill statements (all of which are paid online) and generally [...]
