An overview
Tag: money
Capitol Punishment: Or, Keeping House is too Expensive
In 2018, the State of the Union is mobile and monetized
News Flash for Jack Lew: The US Government is Already Broke
2017 Was a Banner Year for the Arms Industry
Why Do CEOs Make So Much?
What Happens When Bad Money Supports Good Foreign Policy?
How can we turn military spending into a budget for the people?
The Scale of Pentagon Waste Boggles the Mind, But Congress Keeps Giving Them More
Sometimes the Poor Make It Big. Usually They Stay Poor.
The Economic Impact of Drug Abuse
(TFC) – Many are the ravages hard drugs have put society through. From America’s affair with heroin in the 1970s, to crack cocaine’s tragic spate in poor neighborhoods during the 1980s, to the ecstasy affliction of the 1990s and into today’s…
What’s Truly Remarkable about Bitcoin: It Exists
It was the second week of February 2013 when I first ventured a public opinion that Bitcoin is the real deal. The dollar exchange rate was at $25, on its way toward another run-up and crash that had been the pattern for two years.
I had just returned from a conference where some Bitcoiners surrounded me and force-fed me the information I needed to know. It would take another two months before I wrapped my brain around it enough to be able to write an article. But in these early days, it was enough publicly to dispense with incredulity to cause the ceiling to fall in.
Work or Die
The Federal Reserve is giving us a choice – work forever, or make sure to die before running out of money.
The New York Times just featured a spry 71-year old Judith Lister who is teaching kindergarten in Pahrump, Nevada. While Ms. Lister enjoys teaching, she admits she can’t live on her Social Security checks and needs her teacher’s pension, which she can’t collect for three years.
Seniors who can’t find work sometimes look for a quick exit.The Times’ Paula Span explains that Ms. Lister is not alone, writing, “Over 16 years, employment rose not only among 65- to 69-year olds (close to a third now work), but also among those 70 to 74 (about a fifth). In the 75-plus population, the proportion still working increased to 8.4 percent from 5.4 percent.”
