"Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book." ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tag Archives: new economy
February Book Lust
PIMCO’s Ring of Fire
Repaying the Debt with Alchemy/Science
John Hodgman has quite a gig going with his "You're Welcome" series on The Daily Show. This one's terrific -- our debt ceiling is now a "debt convertible."
October Book Lust
This month's Book Lust column has guest reviews by a couple of StockTwits friends on financial matters as well as a review of Harvard professor Sander's book on Justice, which I originally heard about on the Diane Rheme Show. Buddha's Brain combines two of my favorite subjects while two other books address the current economic crisis. Please submit your suggestions for November's column.
Read More »Sink AND Swim
Yesterday I asked a question about attitudes toward individuals filing for bankruptcy protection.
Papal White Paper
Papal encyclicals don't normally hit my radar. But this summer, when the Vatican released what some called a papal white paper on economic globalization and ethics, I took note because of the subject and the fact that so many people ask me "What's a white paper?" Since so few white papers garner any publicity, I'm commenting on this one, released prior to the G8 meeting in Italy.
Read More »Books in Queue
I'm a book lush. My reading aspirations, however, always outstrip my productivity. Here are a couple of books that have my attention. First, Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture. Second, To Serve God and Wal-Mart. I'd love to hear from anyone who's read them.
Read More »Global Defense Bonds?
What if we paid down our massive foreign debt by selling our portfolio of defense weapons to a global defense bond fund? I got the idea from a white paper published by the Prince's Rainforest Project, which I covered in the May blog.
Read More »Compassion Fatigue
As a ghostwriter with financial services clients, I stay abreast of developments in their professional publications. Ran across an article in Investment News on consumer-focused financial planners' mental health challenges during this Great Recession.
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