Economy

Budget danger ahead!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…oh wait, that was a different movie. Well, the video clip below has nothing to do with sharks, but it’s almost as scary. Boy, am I glad I don’t live “across the pond”. The U.K. government seems to be ready to take the [...]

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Expecting the unexpected

The hardest part of financial planning is planning for the things that you have no control over. Things like the downturn in the economy, housing prices falling and natural disasters (think Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil spill). Although you can’t account for 100% of the bad things that happen, you can prepare yourself to [...]

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Economics 101

I don’t usually link to articles that don’t somehow relate to personal finance, unless it is an article/post that deals with the national economy. Today I came across a very good article written by Lance Burri at Right Wing News. The title of the article, “Keynsian putzery“, almost caused me to skip to the next [...]

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You can do what the government won’t!

I am not an economist, and I don’t play one on TV, but I am pretty sure that the current economic plan being laid out in congress isn’t working. The primary reason we as a country are in the mess we are in is because we have become a country that has little to no [...]

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Have you noticed that prices are rising?

It seems as if the media willingly reminds us at least once a day that the economy is still a mess. Today, President Obama had to shuffle around some stimulus plans to offset the increasing unemployment numbers. Tomorrow? Well, who knows. Let’s wait until then to worry about it. One thing is for sure; we [...]

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How bad is the economy?

If you listen to the media, we have been living in the worse economic conditions since the Great Depression. Some will say that this economy is worse than the Great Depression. As with most everything you can’t believe everything you hear. Not Participating in the Recession! Recently, Dave Ramsey hosted the Town Hall For Hope [...]

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