Update: Scrap this post entirely and read my post on eating crow and why Quizzle is actually worth your time here. In 2010 I wrote about free credit card reporting services Quizzle and CreditKarma. At the time I recommended using them both – and while that still can’t hurt, I have to say for me …
Credit is a mysterious and oftentimes frustrating entity that exists out there and yet affects us. If you don’t use credit you won’t have a credit score, which means you won’t be able to get credit when you need it. If you use credit but go through a tough patch or for whatever reason get …
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Dave Chase writes in a recent TechCrunch article, “Led by IBM’s study of their $2 billion annual health expenditure, the overwhelming evidence comes to a surprisingly simple conclusion: more primary care = healthier population = less money spent. Ben Franklin was right. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” He then notes …
I’d never heard of Henry William Brands before reading The Money Men. Despite the late introduction, I suspect that his books will now appear high on my reading list – if they are even able to approach the fascinating quality of this small volume. I do not recall the last time I have read a …
A week ago I published a book tasting including quotations and commentaries from H.W. Brands’ fascinating book The Money Men. If you do not already own this book – I highly recommend acquiring a copy. It is a fascinating, well-written read. For some time now I have been attempting to understand our financial system, the …
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Yesterday I dropped by the Sunday Breakfast Gospel Mission’s Thift Store (in Penndel, PA). As usual, they had a large quantity of excellent books to select from and I purchased a few (at $.50 each!). One was H.W. Brands‘ The Money Men. As of late, in part due to the economic turmoil, I have been …
Introduction I’ve been following the Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) news for quite some time now – and am fascinated by it. I also followed the news on the bailout and so on. I have felt entirely incapable of commenting on it for lack of knowledge – even though I have followed it much more closely …
The need for renovations in the banking industry is obvious – not just from a management and trust perspective but also from a consumer facing perspective. BankSimple is an upcoming web-based bank that hopes to offer just such a service. They aren’t even live yet, but have been garnering significant press. Here are the distinguishing …
Update 7/12/14: A great article over at Borro explaining what Bitcoin is, how it works, etc. Highly recommend reading it. This article still has more links to jump off of, but the Borro article is really, illustrated, and concise. Bitcoin has become all the rage in recent days. At first it was just a niche news …
Today as I was driving home from work I was listening to NPR and heard a story about the congressional battle over capping fees banks charge for purchases. Such a cap would benefit retailers (anyone who accepts debit cards) and would theoretically result in lower prices for the consumer. Apparently, the battle has been pretty …