Archive for the ‘Political Issues’ Category

• Roth IRA Rules Changing for 2010
• American Express Gift Cards: Sure Beats an IOU Showing Up in Your Mailbox
• AARP Health Insurance: Conflict of Interest?
• Cash for Clunkers: We Never Learn
• Unemployment up. Recession continues. Waiting for the Stimulus to Stimulate…
• The Economic Stimulus Package in Detail… Without the Editorializing
• Millionaires Feeling Poor… Poor Feeling Hungry
• Take Me Out to the Ballgame… Cheap
• The Causes of Economic Recession: Depends on Who You Ask!
• The Benefits of a Recession… No, Seriously.
• What Happens During a Recession? Unemployment, Markets, Interest Rates and Sheer Insanity.
• West Virginia, Payday Loans and Some (Un)Healthy Paternalism
• Grocery Store Loyalty Cards: Savings or Trouble?
• Guaranteed Frustration: Credit Card Regulations, Credit Accessibility, Consumer Protection and a Recession.
• Unemployment Numbers May Be Worse Than They Appear
• Bernie Madoff, Affinity Fraud and Sandy Koufax
• Arrowhead Credit Union CEO Fights Recession, TARP
• Trying to Make a Little Sense Out of Credit Default Swaps
• Investment and Gambling (Part Seven): Why Erasing the Distinction is Valuable
• Investment and Gambling (Part Six): Investment is the Better Bet
• Investment and Gambling (Part Five): Examining More Distinctions
• Investment and Gambling (Part Four): Examining the Distinctions
• Investment and Gambling (Part Three): Other Similarities
• Investment and Gambling (Part Two): Definitional Considerations
• Investment and Gambling (Part One)
• Obama Tax Policy in a State of Flux
• Reports of Capitalism’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
• Online Consumer Education & Rip Off Report (Part 2)
• Evaluating the G-20 Conference
• Silly Senators Want YOU to Buy a New Car NOW!
• Aren’t Auto CEOs Good at Looking like Jerks?
• A Hodgepodge of Thoughts: $700 Billion Bailout, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Extreme Foreclosures
• The Economics of Minimum Wage
• FDIC… You Got Me Worried
• Health Care: The Obama Way
• Health Care: The McCain Way
• Ten Fun Things to Do When You Are Doomed
• Dear Exxon: Thoughts on the Exxon Valdez Decision
• Mortgage Tuesday: What Kind of Mortgage Is Right for You?
• Recession Monday: Do Vegetarians Save More Money?
• A Midsummer Financial Dream
• White House Black Market Deals for All
• Tip of the Iceberg: Two Bear Stearns Guys Arrested by FBI
• Finances at Graduation
• Recession Monday: Tips for Responsible Hoarding
• Mortgage Fraud on the Rise: It’s Easy! It’s Fun! It’s…Illegal?
• Savings Bonds: Give Them, Keep Them, Buy Them Now
• Jobs For 16-Year-Olds: Recession-Proof Summer Work
• Recession Survival Tips: Monday’s Tips on Tuesday
• Will Bank of America & Countrywide Tie the Knot?
• Dow Plunges Over 300 Points, Oil Up $10 per Barrel in One Day
• Recession Tip of the Week: Use Your Tax Rebate for an Energy Tax Credit
• Oil Hits $135 a Barrel: Run Your Car on Water!
• Retirement on Not Much: What to Do if You’re Over 50 and Broke
• Trick Question of the Week: Pay Down Debt or Save for Retirement?
• The PFA Recession Survival Guide: The Job Search
• George of Arabia: Ten Ways Not to Bring Down the Price of Oil
• Easy Ways to Make Extra Money Fast
• Is The Credit Crisis Over?
• Indian Official Calls Americans ‘Fat Pigs’
• House Approves FHA Foreclosure Rescue Plan