finance

During economic crises of such magnitude, it is imperative that we understand our current system of banking and finance. Such basic understanding is necessary in order to assess the impact that different fiscal, monetary, and economic policies have on civil rights, the environment, national security, and any other "issue".  Read More »

The United States Economy is going down the drain and fast! Yes, guys I realize this might be an old topic by now but I just wanted to share some of my ideas especially with the governments pass of the $700 billion USD bailout plan last week.  Read More »

Our culture tends to be highly objective when it comes to our value system. We are in an eternal rush to assimilate objects. Money (our official value symbol) is the "objectification of objects", meaning it represents a universal abstraction of the worth of objects, the market value of objects, if you will. Thus, we "objectively" view objects.  Read More »

That’s tough for me to say but it is true. I used to love the old Kudlow and Cramer show and I love Mad Money but he really is a pure bred all American Son of a Bitch.  Read More »

Chronicles of a Broke College Student: Part 1.
Part 1: The Starving Artist.  Read More »

So I’m in this semester long economics class with about 4 other kids. We are learning some stuff about the stock market and the teacher says “Most Americans don’t have money in the stock market”. To me this may be true but also very stupid for most Americans to do. And then he tells us that he does not have any money invested in the stock market. And that boggled my mind.  Read More »

After reading an article on financial literacy, linked at the bottom, I've decided finance classes or something similar should be required in high school. Basically the articles are stating that a large percent of people don't understand debt, including how to compute compound interest, and that this could be a reason why some people have so much of it.  Read More »

In the recent weeks, after losing a roomate to an internship, I have been faced with a tough decision: where to live. As a 25 year old single female living in North Jersey, there arent many feasible options. My full time job for a non profit gives me a meager salary with which to support myself, much less live luxuriously. Rent was doable for my 2 roomates and I.  Read More »