We Need a Care Package!
We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.
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CEOs cause meltdown, take 10% cut of bailout
"Pay yourself first" goes the personal finance maxim. Apparently the current and former captains of America's
Mom Gets Screwed Over by a Tiny Advantage
Hi! This is Barry Deutsch. My cartoon "Ampersand" has been appearing in Dollars & Sense for years. I&
Monday's Developments
This posting is from D&S collective member and frequent blogger Larry Peterson. To see more of his posts,
Real World Nobelist
Looks like the Nobel committee in Stockholm is doing another "Amartya Sen" (Sen, a noted Indian maverick, dismissed
A Short History of Meltdown Control
From The Observer (London): The biggest bet in the world By the time G7 finance ministers met on Friday afternoon,
The Other Financial Crisis
From the BBC: Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis' By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Barcelona The
It's Going To Be A Fateful Weekend
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General Motors In a Ditch
GM shares plunged to their lowest price since 1949 before recovering slightly, reports the Washington Post. Analysts are concerned that
Dow Drops 680--Under 8600
From the Wall Street Journal online: By PETER A. MCKAY | OCTOBER 9, 2008, 5:10 P.M. ET The stock
Hard New Look at Greenspan Legacy (NYT)
From today's New York Times, an interesting piece about Alan Greenspan's attitude toward derivatives. By PETER