Archive for February, 2009
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Monday, February 16th, 2009The economy stinks right now. Lots of people are losing their jobs. If you are one of them, should you start your own business? Only you can make that decision. That said, today’s Houston Chronicle offered 9 tips for starting your own business (sorry, no link for these tips) that I would like to share [...]
Should We Pay People to Quit Smoking?
Thursday, February 12th, 2009I saw this interesting story in today’s Wall Street Journal: More Smokers Quit if Paid, Study Shows Snippets from the article: Smokers who are paid to quit succeed far more often than those who get no cash reward, according to a new study that provides some of the strongest evidence yet that financial incentives can [...]
Is Cash4Gold.com Misleading People?
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009If you watch any TV at all, you have probably seen the Cash4Gold commercials like this one: I remember thinking the first time I saw the commercial. “Yeah, riiiiiiight…I’m going to send them my jewelry and trust them to send me back a fair dollar amount.” I was quite skeptical (skepticism is in my genes). [...]
Caterpillar to Hire Workers if Stimulus Bill is Passed
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Saw this this morning: Obama: Caterpillar Will Rehire if Stimulus Passes. The article doesn’t say just how many Caterpillar employees will be hired. The company announced last month that they are going to lay off as many as 22,000 employees. What are those hired workers going to do? Build machinery. Who’s going to buy the [...]
Bailouts, Hybrid Failures, and the Financial Identity Crisis of 2007 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009I started reading Robert Wright’s One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe* the other day. While reading it, I thought it would be cool to get Dr. Wright’s thoughts on the current credit crisis so I sent him an email this morning and asked him if he would consider [...]
I’ll Be Back This Afternoon
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009I took the day off yesterday because I had one of those lovely sinus headaches. When they come on, I’m reduced to nothing. I can’t think, can’t read, can’t sleep,…nothing. I have some business to take care of this morning but hope to be back to bloggin this afternoon. I know you are all just [...]
Miguel’s Thoughts on Wall Street and the Credit Crisis
Friday, February 6th, 2009I wanted to share this comment with you from Miguel that was left on my post from yesterday: JLP, I’m surprised to see you go for the cheap shot sound bite. I can get that in the MSM. What I would hope for from you would be a more nuanced analysis of the situation. The [...]
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